From ComputerWorld: The US Federal Trade Commission has warned leading AI players that they will to have tighten up their acts. The agency will soon send formal demands for information to Anthropic, OpenAI, and other AI companies as part of an investigation into whether they are breaking consumer protection laws.
The FTC has acted following a number of incidents where AI models have penetrated corporate systems. In the past few months, we’ve seen OpenAI agents attack Ruby Gems and Claude breaching three organizations during security testing. Security experts have since warned of new dangers as these companies expand their operations, with new threats continually emerging.
This is not a new area of interest for the FTC, which takes a keen interest in computer security and has previously issued heavy fines to companies with inadequate protections.
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