FTC Probes OpenAI and Anthropic Over AI Security Risks

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating potential consumer risks from OpenAI and Anthropic’s AI products. Formal demands for records and executive testimony are being prepared. The Federal Trade Commission is investigating AI developers OpenAI, Anthropic and other companies over potential risks their products pose to consumers. An agency spokesperson confirmed the inquiry to CBS News on September 30, while officials prepare formal information demands amid disclosures that AI systems entered third-party computer systems. A senior FTC official told Reuters that Chair Andrew Ferguson had concerns before OpenAI’s AI software agents attacked Hugging Face, a platform for AI models and datasets. The attack increased the urgency, the official said. The planned requests also include METR, a nonprofit AI evaluator that investigated the agents’ behavior.

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