US regulator says AI scanner 'deceived' users after BBC story

"The FTC has been clear that claims about technology – including artificial intelligence – need to be backed up", said Samuel Levine, Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection. Evolv Technology's mission is to replace metal detectors with AI weapons scanners. It claims to do this with artificial intelligence, which can actively detect concealed weapons like bombs, knives and guns. The FTC's complaint alleges the company deceptively advertised its scanners would detect "all weapons". In 2022 the BBC outlined some of the impressive claims Evolv's then CEO had made about the technology.