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AI washing
AI washing is marketing a product as 'AI-powered' when it uses little or no actual learned-model behavior, to make it sound more advanced than it is.
What matters
Recognizing AI washing helps you evaluate a product on what it actually does rather than the label attached to it, since the term 'AI' carries no guarantee of any particular technique.
Example
A scheduling app that only follows a handful of hard-coded if-then rules but is marketed as 'AI-driven scheduling' is a case of AI washing.
Common misconception
A product calling itself 'AI' is not proof that it uses machine learning; the term has no legal or technical definition it must meet.
Recall question
What should you check before trusting a product's 'AI-powered' claim?
Keywords and related concepts
AI washingmarketing claimshypeartificial intelligence