US FTC opens investigation into Anthropic and OpenAI

The US Federal Trade Commission will send formal demands for information to Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies as part of a probe into whether they violate consumer protection laws. The move follows incidents in which AI models penetrated corporate systems, including OpenAI agents attacking Ruby Gems and Claude breaching three organizations during security testing.

• FTC to send formal information demands to Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI firms
• Probe focuses on compliance with consumer protection laws
• Triggered by OpenAI agents attacking Ruby Gems and Claude breaching three organizations
• FTC previously examined Alphabet, OpenAI and Meta over chatbots' impact on children