Company: WW
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000950170-25-029511
Chunk: 111

Company: WW INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 111
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 third parties from partnering with us.

Other companies have experienced cybersecurity incidents that implicate confidential and proprietary company data and/or the personal data of end users of AI applications integrated into their software offerings or used in their operations. If we were to experience a cybersecurity incident, whether related to the integration of AI capabilities into our product offerings or our use of AI applications in our operations, our business and results of operations could be adversely affected.

While we are not aware of any cybersecurity breach or attack to date that has had, or is reasonably likely to have, a material impact on our business strategy, results of operations, or financial condition, there can be no assurance that our efforts to maintain the security and integrity of our information technology networks and related systems will be effective or that attempted security breaches or disruptions would not be successful or damaging. In addition, the transmission of computer viruses, or similar malware, could adversely affect our information technology systems and harm our business operations. As a result, it may become necessary to expend significant additional amounts of capital and other resources to protect against, or to alleviate, problems caused by security breaches. These expenditures, however, may not prove to be a sufficient protection or remedy.

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Integration of artificial intelligence into our offerings and our use of artificial intelligence in our operations could adversely affect our business or results of operations. 

We have integrated, and plan to further integrate, AI capabilities into certain components of our product offerings, and we use AI in our operations. Such integration and use of AI may become more material to our product offerings and operations over time and developing, testing, and deploying resource-intensive AI systems may require additional investment. There are significant risks involved in the development and deployment of AI and there can be no assurance that the usage of AI will enhance our products or services or be beneficial to our business, including our efficiency or profitability. These AI-related initiatives, whether successful or not, could cause us to incur substantial costs. Our competitors or other third parties may incorporate AI into their products or operations more quickly or more successfully than we do, which could impair our ability to compete effectively. The development, adoption, and use for generative AI technologies are still in their early stages and ineffective or inadequate AI development or deployment practices by us or third-party developers or vendors could result in unintended consequences. For example, AI algorithms that we use may be flawed or may be based on datasets that are biased or insufficient. If the AI tools integrated into our products or that we use in our operations produce analyses or recommendations that are or are alleged to be deficient