New Mexico AG Warns AI Industry After Winning $25 Billion Meta Judgment

1 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Oct 23

$25 billion in damages against Meta has emboldened New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez to warn AI companies they could face similar consumer-protection cases.
Torrez said developers that cannot control their products or misrepresent how they use consumer data are now on notice, adding Silicon Valley should see the Meta ruling as "just the beginning."
The judgment followed Torrez's decision not to join an August $17 billion multistate settlement with Meta, a gamble that produced a record-setting ruling on Wednesday.
That case argued Meta misled users about its privacy controls, using the same consumer-protection approach states are already deploying against AI developers.