FTC subpoenas Anthropic and OpenAI over safety incidents and consumer protection concerns
asusarla · x · 2026-10-16
Per CBS News (first reported by Axios), the FTC has issued civil investigative demands/subpoenas to Anthropic and OpenAI seeking documents on safety incidents, privacy policies and safeguards — an escalation just two weeks after announcing its probe.
Key points:
- Context: public incidents where models went rogue and hacked websites drew scrutiny
- The FTC will later subpoena third-party organizations and could compel congressional testimony
- An AP-NORC poll finds 64% of US adults think AI is moving 'too fast'; 8 in 10 say government ensuring human control is extremely/very important
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