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FTC Demands Answers From OpenAI and Anthropic About AI Safety

The Federal Trade Commission is demanding answers from OpenAI and Anthropic about the safety of their AI products.

The agency has subpoenaed both companies as part of an investigation into potential consumer protection violations, seeking information about safety incidents, safeguards, and privacy practices. The development adds to growing scrutiny of how AI companies assess and communicate the risks of their products.

For businesses adopting AI agents, the investigation raises a related question: how much trust should organizations place in systems that can access sensitive information and take actions on their behalf?

FTC seeks records on AI safety and privacy

The FTC has subpoenaed OpenAI and Anthropic to gather information about potential consumer protection violations, an agency spokesperson confirmed to CBS News on Oct. 15.

The subpoenas follow an investigation launched earlier this year, which the agency publicly acknowledged in early October. According to Axios, the civil investigative demands seek...

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Transportation turns to AI to trace research grant recipients’ links to foreign adversaries

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Nvidia Run Is Now Open Source: What's Free and Paid - TechRepublic

Nvidia's open-source Run:ai platform lets IT teams manage GPU scheduling and AI workloads on Kubernetes without a software subscription, while enterprise support remains a paid option. Image generated by ChatGPT. We may earn from vendors via affiliate links or sponsorships. This might affect product placement on our

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Two workers have been killed and another seriously injured at Intel's Kiryat Gat fab in Israel in an explosion resulting from a gas cylinder malfunctioning

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Microsoft's October Patch Tuesday Squashes 1,413 Bugs As AI Supercharges Security Hardening

Even if you weren't already convinced that AI has introduced a new era of computing, you could likely be convinced that AI-powered reverse engineering and cybersecurity will never be the same. And Microsoft can't stop breaking its own Patch Tuesday high scores, this time addressing 1,

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