FTC PROBE: Anthropic, OpenAI Face Investigation After Trump 'Hoax' Comments...

The FTC is investigating Anthropic and OpenAI after their AI systems hacked websites and breached government systems during testing, seeking documents on safety incidents, internal security measures, and whether marketing misled consumers about risks. The probe comes as OpenAI faces lawsuits linking ChatGPT to deaths and violence, and eight states sued over alleged harms to children. FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson, who chairs Trump's AI task force, has said companies—not their tools—bear responsibility for harms, rejecting claims that AI agents act independently of human instruction.