Citing Trump’s AI Action Plan, FTC Vacates Order Against Writing Platform
The FTC on Wednesday vacated a 2024 agency order against an AI writing assistant platform, saying it “unduly burdens” AI in violation of President Donald Trump’s AI Action Plan.
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In 2024, the Biden administration FTC claimed Rytr violated the FTC Act by providing subscribers with tools to “generate false and deceptive written content for consumer reviews.”
The order violates the AI Action Plan and Trump’s executive order from January 2025, the agency said Wednesday. “Condemning a technology or service simply because it potentially could be used in a problematic manner is inconsistent with the law and ordered liberty,” said Christopher Mufarrige, Consumer Protection Bureau director. “The Trump-Vance FTC is focused on promoting innovation in America’s most important industries by targeting fraud and tangible consumer harm.”
Then-Commissioners Melissa Holyoak and Andrew Ferguson voted against the order when it was finalized in December 2024. Rytr didn’t comment Monday.