Not surprisingly, the FTC has officially opened an investigation of OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI companies after a series of high-profile incidents involving safety risks and rogue AI.
This story was first reported by the New York Post. The article stated: “FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson launched the investigation before one of the AI models went rogue during a test — in what’s since been dubbed the “Hugging Face incident” — but the agency is now drafting civil investigative demands to force testimony from the leading firms’ executives. ‘Chairman Ferguson initiated an investigation into the leading AI firms a few weeks ago,’ a senior FTC official revealed to The Post.”
The FTC has the authority to regulate “unfair or deceptive trade” practices.
Timeline of Rogue AI incidents
