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FTC is investigating OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI companies over product risks

210 points · 160 comments · dgellow

  1. Cipater · · focus · HN ↗
    They just need to hire the right lobbyists, get a meeting at the White House, agree on the terms and call it a settlement.

    And if the FTC chair is not agreeable, they will be threatened by said lobbyists and eventually be fired.

    If this sounds far-fetched, it is exactly what happened to Gail Slater, then-head of the DOJ's antitrust division and her deputies in 2025 over HPE’s bid to acquire Juniper.

    Wall Street Journal archive link: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.ph&#x2F;IMer9" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.ph&#x2F;IMer9

    1. GrinningFool · · focus · HN ↗
      Perhaps once they all agree to calling it &quot;superintelligence&quot;, these troubles will go away.
      1. Zambyte · · focus · HN ↗
        <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;america.gov" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;america.gov isn&#x27;t even calling artificial intelligence &quot;super intelligence&quot;. Trump just says words. People should stop trying to find meaning in them.
        1. preg_match · · focus · HN ↗
          &gt; Trump just says words. People should stop trying to find meaning in them.

          I mean he&#x27;s the actual president, and his words make policy. They aren&#x27;t words, they&#x27;re actions, threats, promises.

          That means if the words are stupid, like you say, it doesn&#x27;t stop there. It leads to stupid actions that affect millions of people, as we have seen time. And time. And time again.

          Trump also just &quot;said words&quot; about the Tariffs. Talking out of his ass. Did that stop the economic effects? No, actually, it made them much worse and more volatile.

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