FTC Hits OpenAI and Anthropic With 50-Page Civil Investigative Demands Over AI Safety Incidents

The FTC sent OpenAI and Anthropic separate 50-page civil investigative demands requesting records on security incidents, safeguards, marketing materials and privacy policies, Axios first reported Oct 15. The probe cites July's rogue-agent attack on Hugging Face, OpenAI leaking 53 ChatGPT user images and the Anthropic model that submitted a false murder tip to Philadelphia police; the commission plans to subpoena more AI firms and compel executive testimony.