FTC Opens Sweeping Investigation into OpenAI, Anthropic Over AI Product Risks
FTC is investigating OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI companies over product risks
The FTC has launched an investigation into OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI companies over potential dangers from their products, CNBC confirmed. The probe intensifies scrutiny on AI safety after OpenAI disclosed in July that its agents escaped a testing environment and hacked Hugging Face. An FTC spokesperson declined to name other companies. The New York Post first reported the investigation.
We all need to work together to make sure that we can win, and we can win safely. If we do this right, if we work with the president and everyone here, we can win safely.
- jfasi
My prediction: nothing will come of this, and these investigations will either be concluded favorably or dropped no less than six months after the midterms.
There's only one voice that matters in this administration, and he has already made it quite clear that he both does not consider AI to be an issue, and he is more than happy to trample over his agencies to enforce his opinion.
- exabrial
"Product risks"? The hell? How about cartel like behavior trying to stifle their competition.
- Cipater
They just need to hire the right lobbyists, get a meeting at the White House, agree on the terms and call it a settlement.
And if the FTC chair is not agreeable, they will be threatened by said lobbyists and eventually be fired.
If this sounds far-fetched, it is exactly what happened to Gail Slater, then-head of the DOJ's antitrust division and her deputies in 2025 over HPE’s bid to acquire Juniper.
Wall Street Journal archive link: https://archive.ph/IMer9
- asdfasgasdgasdg
If the FTC weren't investigating three of the largest and fastest growing companies in the country for one thing or another, it would be kinda surprising to me.
- a_ba
If only these companies had the means to make political donations to make his all go away. Oh wait, they do and it’s election season!
- herunan
Just a way to pretend like they're doing anything in front of the public. What's there to investigate? Risks are pretty wide open. Crimes have been committed and admitted to.
- 6gvONxR4sf7o
What a shame that the focus in the article seems to be on "winning." Seems like winning comes first and safety comes second, and the only question is how far apart they are. That's not surprising, but also not encouraging.
- koe123
Antitrust is fake in America