FTC sent OpenAI and Anthropic civil subpoenas of more than 50 pages each, Axios reported, citing a person familiar with the matter. Cryptobriefing ties the probe to OpenAI's IPO and funding plans, but the cost the reports document so far is document production.
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FTC's civil investigative demands ask OpenAI and Anthropic about safety incidents and internal safeguards
FTC has sent OpenAI and Anthropic Civil Investigative Demands of 50-plus pages covering safety incidents and safeguards, Forkast reports. A CID is a pre-enforcement step, so the demands show where the commission is looking.
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Wayfair, Appliances Direct and Gold's Gym have been fined £6m in total by the CMA, with Wayfair's share at £4.8m. All three admitted breaking the law and took a 40% reduction for settling early, so each fine is a discounted figure.
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FTC staff draft subpoena-like demands for frontier AI companies, a senior official says
The Federal Trade Commission is close to sending civil investigative demands to frontier AI companies, a senior agency official told Semafor. Those demands carry subpoena-like force, and sending them would be the first test of whether the inquiry is more than signalling ahead of the midterms.
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OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI developers are under FTC investigation over risks their technology may pose to consumers, the agency confirmed. Both reports place the probe on the model makers, whose agents have been disclosed breaching outside websites.
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FTC plans subpoena-style demands in a consumer-protection probe of Anthropic, OpenAI and METR
FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson opened a Section 5 probe of Anthropic, OpenAI, METR and other AI labs and plans to compel executives' testimony. It comes a day after lab executives signed a White House self-regulation accord with him. Unlike the accord, the probe can compel records.
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Rossmann's nonprofit pays bounties for breaking the locks DMCA 1201 protects
Louis Rossmann's Own Your Shit tour spent the summer pointing crowds at Section 1201 of the DMCA, the 1998 provision that makes bypassing a manufacturer's lock illegal. His nonprofit Fulu pays for doing it anyway.
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- Evidence62
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- Hype gap+25
- Incentives68
- Confidence55
Texas turns TikTok's Restricted Mode promise into liability on summary judgment
Judge Cory Liu decided on the documents that TikTok told parents Restricted Mode kept graphic content out of a child's feed while its own moderation labels only made some of that content harder to find. Next month's trial covers what it owes.
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- Evidence42
- Adoption52
- Hype gap+15
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Meta's $17.1 billion settlement caps how long minors scroll while leaving ad targeting intact
August's consumer protection deal with 47 states is one of the largest in US history, and the law professor who read the terms argues that what it left out will shape youth safety more than the penalty.
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Nigeria's regulator is investigating the services Uber left unfulfilled when it switched off
Uber ended Nigeria and Uganda with no notice to riders or drivers, and the FCCPC is now asking what it still owed customers when the app stopped. EU platform rules would have set a 30-day notice period; Nigeria's law does not.
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- Evidence45
- Adoption50
- Hype gap+18
- Incentives55
- Confidence50
Australia's eHarmony ruling reads like an audit checklist for subscription screens
The Federal Court found renewals at up to five times the original price, a "free" tier that could not message anyone, and monthly prices missing their mandatory surcharge. Penalties come later.
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