FTC Launches Probe of OpenAI and Anthropic Over 'Rogue AI' Safety Risks
The Federal Trade Commission is coming for the biggest AI labs in the country. On Wednesday, Sept. 30, a senior FTC official told Reuters the agency is running an industry-wide probe into Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI labs over the dangers their technology poses to consumers. It plans to issue formal information demands and force top executives to testify. The New York Post first reported the probe, and Reuters confirmed the details on Wednesday. FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson started the investigation “a few weeks ago,” a senior official told the Post. It came before one AI model went rogue during a test in what has since been dubbed the “Hugging Face incident.” An FTC spokesperson confirmed the probe to CNBC on Wednesday but declined to name the other companies involved. ...