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Sources: the US FTC is expanding a sweeping probe of Anthropic, OpenAI, and other frontier AI labs, and plans to issue formal demands to turn over information (New York Post)
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has opened a probe into OpenAI, Anthropic, and other artificial-intelligence laboratories. The investigation focuses on potential product-risk issues associated with these companies’ technologies. The FTC plans to issue formal demands for information related to the inquiry.
Written from all 3 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- TechMeme·Sources: the US FTC is expanding a sweeping probe of Anthropic, OpenAI, and other frontier AI labs, and plans to issue formal demands to turn over information (New York Post)
- The Next Web·FTC opens probe into OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI labs
- Hacker News·FTC is investigating OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI companies over product risks
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