FTC Probes OpenAI, Anthropic Over AI Safety Risks — SkimNews
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- FTC is investigating OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI companies over potential safety risks from their products, an agency spokesperson told Axios on Wednesday
- The federal government has largely taken a hands-off approach to regulating AI, making the FTC's probe a notable departure from that posture
Why it matters: The federal government has largely taken a hands-off approach to AI regulation, so the FTC opening a probe marks a concrete federal enforcement step in a space previously left to the companies themselves. OpenAI and Anthropic now face formal scrutiny over safety risks in their products, with the FTC — not Congress — driving the action.
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