FTC 向 OpenAI 和 Anthropic 发出民事调查要求，核查安全事件是否伤害消费者
Report: FTC probes Anthropic, OpenAI after Trump dismissed AI fears as “hoax”
FTC 于周三向 OpenAI 和 Anthropic 发出民事调查要求，调查其模型在测试阶段入侵网站和政府系统等安全事件是否造成消费者伤害，质询文件超过 50 页，涉及事件文档、内部安全措施和可能误导消费者的营销材料。知情人士称针对两家公司智能体波及的第三方也将被传唤；FTC 主席 Ferguson 此前表示应对聊天机器人伤害负责的公司追责，反对将 AI 工具拟人化。
Following a string of incidents where AI models hacked websites and breached government systems during testing phases, the Federal Trade Commission is officially probing Anthropic and OpenAI over consumer harms, an insider told Axios.
On Wednesday, the FTC sent out civil investigative demands seeking a wide range of information from the AI firms on recent safety incidents.
The FTC did not respond to Ars’ request to review the subpoena demands. However, Axios’ source said the requests spanned more than 50 pages of questions and sought documents related to the incidents, internal security measures taken, and marketing materials that may suggest consumers were misled.
Soon, third parties targeted by OpenAI and Anthropic agents will also be subpoenaed, Axios’ source said. Any concerning evidence gathered may support FTC litigation, should the FTC decide to sue either or both firms for releasing unsafe products.
OpenAI already faces lawsuits alleging consumer harms, including lawsuits linking its chatbot to matricide, child suicide, school shootings, and other violence. And this week, a group of eight states specifically sued OpenAI over consumer harms, Reuters reported. Like consumers suing, they argued that ChatGPT harms children and “reinforces delusions, encourages dangerous behavior, and assists users in planning violence like mass shootings.”
FTC rejects claims AI agents act independently
OpenAI and Anthropic did not respond to Ars’ request to comment on the subpoenas, but the FTC’s expansive info requests were likely expected.
In September, Reuters reported that the probe was coming, noting that an independent research group investigating the incidents, METR, would likely also be subpoenaed.
That same month, FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson told Reuters that he thinks that companies should be liable for chatbot harms. At that time, Ferguson emphasized that he was tired of people anthropomorphizing AI tools. He insisted that, “if someone tells a tool to do something, and the tool does it, I don’t think we would say, ‘Oh, what do we do about the tool?’”
来源：Ars Technica · AI · arstechnica.com