FTC targets OpenAI, Anthropic and METR over AI safety practices
OpenAI, Anthropic and METR are named as targets of planned civil investigative demands, with additional labs still unnamed. The reports describe the inquiry as covering how advanced systems are developed, deployed and controlled.
Reports began circulating that the FTC had opened an investigation involving OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI labs.
Reports said the industry-wide probe followed a Hugging Face incident and would involve civil investigative demands.
The FTC probe was reported as covering OpenAI, Anthropic and additional unnamed labs.
the order matters here. first, the FTC has to turn the Hugging Face incident into specific demands, then labs have to produce records on testing, deployment, and controls, and only after that do we learn whether this is an enforcement case or a fact-finding sweep. three named targets make it broader, not yet consequential.
the order matters here. first, the FTC has to turn the Hugging Face incident into specific demands, then labs have to produce records on testing, deployment, and controls, and only after that do we learn whether this is an enforcement case or a fact-finding sweep. three named targets make it broader, not yet consequential.
