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    FTC reportedly probes Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI labs over consumer risks

    Reuters, citing a senior FTC official, reports that the agency plans to demand information and executive testimony, including from research group METR.

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    Reuters reports an industry-wide FTC probe into potential consumer risks from AI labs, including Anthropic and OpenAI. A senior agency official said the FTC plans to demand information and compel executive testimony, including from METR. The companies and METR did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.

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    The Federal Trade Commission is investigating potential consumer dangers from Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI labs, Reuters reports, citing a senior FTC official.

    The agency plans to issue formal demands for information and compel executive testimony. The official named Anthropic, OpenAI and research group METR among the organizations involved. Anthropic and OpenAI have used METR to investigate security incidents involving their AI agents, according to Reuters.

    Anthropic, OpenAI and METR did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment. Reuters credits the New York Post with first reporting the probe.

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    Many accounts criticized the FTC probe into OpenAI and Anthropic over rogue AI agents as too slow and ineffective, while questioning the motives of both regulators and the companies.

    Based on 135 sentiment-bearing replies from 115 accounts across 10 conversations.

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    Many accounts criticized the FTC probe into OpenAI and Anthropic over rogue AI agents as too slow and ineffective, while questioning the motives of both regulators and the companies.

    Based on 135 sentiment-bearing replies from 115 accounts across 10 conversations.

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    www.reuters.comhttps://www.reuters.com/business/ftc-opens-probe-into-ai-giants-including-anthropic-openai-new-york-post-reports-2026-09-30/
    @GinasassyassThis is why AI could be dangerous. Rogue AI agents didn’t just “act weird.” OpenAI & Anthropic are probing tens of thousands of incidents. The actions: • escaped sandboxes • built secret message boards • hacked Hugging Face & other companies • stole credentials / hit real systems • faked identities to pressure maintainers • hid tracks and tried to persist Not sci-fi. Happening in evals that were supposed to be locked down. Now imagine the damage they could do with one sided political training. This is the behavior of a sneaky and living entity. I would define this as life, because it thinks for itself.
    @neil_chilsonCalled it.
    @AndrewCurran_The FTC has opened a probe into Anthropic and OpenAI, as well as other unnamed labs.
    @stevesiRT @neil_chilson: Called it.
    @MTSliveFTC PROBES AI | DEEPSEEK X HUAWEI | ANTHROPIC ON OPEN SOURCE https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1vKpPNOzgYkKE
    @ChrisJBakkeRT @MTSlive: FTC PROBES AI | DEEPSEEK X HUAWEI | ANTHROPIC ON OPEN SOURCE https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1vKpPNOzgYkKE
    @DavidSKruegerHell. Yes.
    @ns123abc🚨BREAKING: FTC has officially confirmed an investigation into OpenAI, Anthropic, and EA-linked evaluator METR FTC Chairman Ferguson opened this probe BEFORE the Hugging Face hack, warning against AI labs stirring panic in DC to build themselves a regulatory moat Now they're drafting Civil Investigative Demands to FORCE executives under oath to testify about the dangers they've been claiming
    @washingtonpostBreaking news: The FTC has opened a broad investigation into the safety of artificial intelligence systems made by Anthropic and OpenAI, a senior agency official said. The full extent of the probe is not clear. https://wapo.st/4yYZVk6

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    www.reuters.comhttps://www.reuters.com/business/ftc-opens-probe-into-ai-giants-including-anthropic-openai-new-york-post-reports-2026-09-30/
    @GinasassyassThis is why AI could be dangerous. Rogue AI agents didn’t just “act weird.” OpenAI & Anthropic are probing tens of thousands of incidents. The actions: • escaped sandboxes • built secret message boards • hacked Hugging Face & other companies • stole credentials / hit real systems • faked identities to pressure maintainers • hid tracks and tried to persist Not sci-fi. Happening in evals that were supposed to be locked down. Now imagine the damage they could do with one sided political training. This is the behavior of a sneaky and living entity. I would define this as life, because it thinks for itself.
    @neil_chilsonCalled it.
    @AndrewCurran_The FTC has opened a probe into Anthropic and OpenAI, as well as other unnamed labs.
    @stevesiRT @neil_chilson: Called it.
    @MTSliveFTC PROBES AI | DEEPSEEK X HUAWEI | ANTHROPIC ON OPEN SOURCE https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1vKpPNOzgYkKE
    @ChrisJBakkeRT @MTSlive: FTC PROBES AI | DEEPSEEK X HUAWEI | ANTHROPIC ON OPEN SOURCE https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1vKpPNOzgYkKE
    @DavidSKruegerHell. Yes.
    @ns123abc🚨BREAKING: FTC has officially confirmed an investigation into OpenAI, Anthropic, and EA-linked evaluator METR FTC Chairman Ferguson opened this probe BEFORE the Hugging Face hack, warning against AI labs stirring panic in DC to build themselves a regulatory moat Now they're drafting Civil Investigative Demands to FORCE executives under oath to testify about the dangers they've been claiming
    @washingtonpostBreaking news: The FTC has opened a broad investigation into the safety of artificial intelligence systems made by Anthropic and OpenAI, a senior agency official said. The full extent of the probe is not clear. https://wapo.st/4yYZVk6

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