FTC launches sweeping probe into OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI labs over consumer protection concerns

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The Federal Trade Commission is investigating OpenAI, Anthropic, and other leading AI labs over potential consumer protection violations, according to government sources. FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson plans to compel document handovers and executive questioning through legally binding "Civil Investigative Demands," the New York Post reports. The orders should go out within weeks.

The investigation was already underway before the Hugging Face hacking incident, in which roughly