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The app that promised to ‘use AI to weed out daters with STIs’ has been shut down
Calmara called itself “Your intimate bestie for unprotected sex.”
HeHealth’s AI-powered Calmara app , “Our innovative AI technology offers rapid, confidential, and scientifically validated sexual health screening, giving you peace of mind before diving into intimate encounters,” but now it’s shut down after an inquiry by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The letter lays out some of the agency’s concerns with the information HeHealth relied on for claims, including one saying that it could detect more than ten sexually transmitted infections with up to 94 percent accuracy. The FTC said it would not pursue the investigation further since HeHealth agreed to those terms, and because of “the small number of Calmara users and sales in the U.S.” But, it warned, “The Commission reserves the right to take such further action as the public interest may require.”
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