The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is launching a sweeping, aggressive probe into top frontier labs like OpenAI and Anthropic. However, the investigation goes far beyond simply asking questions about autonomous software run amok, and its chairman has made clear he won’t let Silicon Valley use recent AI failures to build an insurmountable regulatory moat.

According to administration officials who spoke to the New York Post,  FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson is preparing to hit tech executives with Civil Investigative Demands (CIDs) – essentially administrative subpoenas – to compel testimony regarding the dangers their artificial intelligence (AI) super intelligence (SI) models (are we doing this?) pose to the public and consumer markets.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ftc-launches-rogue-ai-probe-openai-anthropic-and-takes-aim-their-regulatory-moat

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Google Challenges EU Orders Requiring It Reveal AI, Search-Engine Information To Rivals

Google parent Alphabet on Monday took Brussels to court over two European Union orders that would force the search giant to open its Android devices to rival AI services and hand competing search engines access to its search data. “We’re appealing decisions that will force us to share people’s private search history…”

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/google-challenges-eu-orders-requiring-it-reveal-ai-search-engine-information-rivals

 

Is the FTC probe a big enough threat to “derail” the US AI engine (and send stock markets crashing) OR just a fly on the elephants ass?