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Tech bro's "anti-fraud" AI actually just regular old fraud

Ellsworth Toohey
Mar 21, 2025
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The head of an AI advertising company that promised "a world free of fraud" just got sentenced for fraud.

As reporter in Ars Technica, Paul Roberts, CEO of Kubient, sold investors on magical AI technology that could supposedly catch advertising fraud in milliseconds. His company's IPO…

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