The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has sent civil subpoenas to OpenAI and Anthropic, demanding documents about safety incidents involving their AI systems. The move escalates a consumer-protection probe into formal evidence-gathering.
The US Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation into OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI companies, centered on the consumer risks of "rogue AI agents." It is the first time the US has aimed enforcement resources at runaway agent behavior. Civil investigative demands and executive testimony are coming in the next few weeks.