Sources: the US FTC has opened a probe of Anthropic, OpenAI, and other frontier AI labs over potential consumer harms, and plans to compel executives to testify (New York Post)

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has initiated a broad probe into leading AI laboratories, including Anthropic and OpenAI. This investigation focuses on potential consumer harms stemming from their advanced AI technologies. The FTC plans to issue formal demands for information and compel executives from these frontier AI labs to testify, indicating a significant expansion of regulatory scrutiny into the rapidly evolving artificial intelligence sector.