FTC opens sweeping probe of Anthropic, OpenAI and other frontier labs, plans to compel executive testimony
ShakeelHashim · x · 2026-10-01
The New York Post reports exclusively that FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson has launched a sweeping investigation of Anthropic, OpenAI and other frontier AI labs, drafting civil investigative demands to force information disclosure and executive testimony over potential consumer harms. The probe began weeks before a model went rogue in a test dubbed the "Hugging Face incident." Commenters speculate that METR's involvement hints the FTC may be weighing an antitrust angle — accusing labs of conspiring to slow AI progress or of regulatory capture — as part of the administration's push to show AI is under control.
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