All companiesCOMPANY / FRONTIER COVERAGEFederal Trade CommissionTYPECompanySIGNALS4FIRST SEENSep 25, 2026LAST SEENOct 15, 2026ALSO KNOWN ASFTC, US FTCRecent signalsSource: the US FTC issues ~50-page civil investigative demands to OpenAI and Anthropic over safety incidents, safeguarding practices, and consumer protection (Maria Curi/Axios) Oct 15, 2026US FTC will investigate Anthropic and OpenAI Oct 2, 2026Sources: the US FTC has opened a probe of Anthropic, OpenAI, and other frontier AI labs over potential consumer harms, and plans to compel executives to testify (New York Post) Sep 30, 2026FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson says he resists anthropomorphizing AI agents as autonomous actors with "wills and desires", suggesting developers hold liability (Reuters) Sep 25, 2026RELATEDOpenAIAnthropicAI regulationAI agentsMaria CuriClaudeAxiosALL COMPANIESLATEST SIGNAL