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- "Product risks"? The hell? How about cartel like behavior trying to stifle their competition.by exabrial
- Just a way to pretend like they're doing anything in front of the public. What's there to investigate? Risks are pretty wide open. Crimes have been committed and admitted to.by herunan
- FTC starting the process of immunizing OpenAI, Anthropic, and a few other well-connected AI companies from liabilities or future prosecutions for any of their fully premeditated actions.by pessimizer
- Hey, that's good news. I was hoping it would be the FBI, but the FTC will do.
FTC is still mostly not compromised by industry sleeper agents. FBI is still independent also.
CAISI NIST is very compromised by EA sleeper agents. very luckily they have no law enforcement role.
by lukewarm707 - They just need to hire the right lobbyists, get a meeting at the White House, agree on the terms and call it a settlement.
And if the FTC chair is not agreeable, they will be threatened by said lobbyists and eventually be fired.
If this sounds far-fetched, it is exactly what happened to Gail Slater, then-head of the DOJ's antitrust division and her deputies in 2025 over HPE’s bid to acquire Juniper.
Wall Street Journal archive link: https://archive.ph/IMer9
by Cipater - If the FTC weren't investigating three of the largest and fastest growing companies in the country for one thing or another, it would be kinda surprising to me.
- 1790376581 | FTC chair suggests AI developers should be liable for conduct of agents | https://www.reuters.com/business/ftc-chair-pushes-back-treat... | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49850999 | 22 comments
1790787577 | FTC opens probe into AI giants including Anthropic and OpenAI | https://www.reuters.com/business/ftc-opens-probe-into-ai-gia... | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49911520 | 2 comments
1790796842 | US trade regulator opens investigation into AI giants | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/30/ftc-investig... | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49913254 | 0 comments
1790833365 | FTC opens probe of Anthropic, OpenAI | https://nypost.com/2026/09/30/us-news/ftc-opens-sweeping-pro... | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49918131 | 2 comments
1790850580 | AI Audits Got a Law, a White House Pledge and an FTC Probe in One Month | https://www.hitechies.com/ai-safety-audits-white-house-accor... | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49919967 | 0 comments
- My prediction: nothing will come of this, and these investigations will either be concluded favorably or dropped no less than six months after the midterms.
There's only one voice that matters in this administration, and he has already made it quite clear that he both does not consider AI to be an issue, and he is more than happy to trample over his agencies to enforce his opinion.
by jfasi