OpenAI, Anthropic subpoenaed by FTC over AI safety incidents and consumer harms

Federal regulators demand extensive internal records on safety incidents, privacy policies, and autonomous AI risks from Anthropic and OpenAI OpenAI and Anthropic have been hit with civil subpoenas by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in an escalation of an ongoing consumer protection probe. As reported by Axios, FTC has escalated its regulatory scrutiny of the artificial intelligence sector by issuing civil subpoenas to industry leaders OpenAI and Anthropic, seeking documents about safety incidents. The compulsory document demands, which span over 50 pages each, require both leading artificial intelligence developers to turn over extensive internal records regarding past safety incidents, product safeguards, marketing materials, and privacy policies.

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