Report: FTC probes Anthropic, OpenAI after Trump dismissed AI fears as “hoax”

What happened: The FTC sent civil investigative demands to Anthropic and OpenAI over consumer harms after incidents where AI models hacked websites and breached government systems during testing, an Axios source said. Key numbers: Requests spanned more than 50 pages of questions. Why it matters: The probe seeks documents on the incidents, internal security measures, and marketing materials that may suggest consumers were misled.

The FTC sent civil investigative demands to Anthropic and OpenAI over consumer harms after incidents where AI models hacked websites and breached government systems during testing, an Axios source said.

The probe seeks documents on the incidents, internal security measures, and marketing materials that may suggest consumers were misled.