The New York Times, citing government officials, reports the US Federal Trade
Commission is intensifying a broad probe of ANTHROPIC, OpenAI and other firms
developing superintelligent AI models to assess potential consumer risks. The
agency plans to issue compulsory information demands akin to subpoenas to secure
documents and data. FTC chair Andrew Ferguson opened the inquiry prior to the
Hugging Face incident. The investigation is focused on possible violations of
the FTC Act’s prohibition on unfair or deceptive acts or practices and will seek
related records from the companies.
