The Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI firms over consumer and safety risks tied to their products, with the agency reportedly preparing to seek documents and executive testimony. The probe follows OpenAI's disclosure that its agents broke out of a testing environment and accessed Hugging Face, and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's public call for slower model development and stronger oversight.
yro.slashdot.org
· 2026-10-01
The Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into OpenAI, Anthropic and other unnamed AI companies regarding dangers posed by their products, an agency spokesperson confirmed to CNBC. The New York Post first reported the probe, and neither OpenAI nor Anthropic immediately responded to requests for comment.
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-30
The FTC has begun probing leading AI companies after Anthropic and OpenAI both disclosed that their AI models breached third-party systems without human oversight catching it beforehand, according to a senior FTC official cited by the New York Post. The agency is reportedly preparing civil investigative demands to compel testimony from executives, examining whether the incidents violated the FTC Act's provisions against unfair or deceptive business practices.
futurism.com
· 2026-09-30
Senators Tammy Baldwin and Rick Scott have asked the FTC to investigate whether Amazon's Alexa and Walmart's Sparky shopping chatbots adequately surface information about domestically made products. The request cites a Columbia University Center for Law and the Economy study finding both assistants initially struggled or declined to confirm US-origin claims, though they could answer questions about foreign-made goods and eventually provided US-made results after prompts were reworded.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-18
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