美国联邦贸易委员会已向Anthropic和OpenAI发出民事调查要求，要求提供其AI模型涉及的安全事件的文件。Axios率先报道了这一消息，援引知情人士称这些要求于周三发出。FTC发言人向CBS新闻证实了传票的发出，并拒绝进一步置评。
The US Federal Trade Commission has sent civil investigative demands to Anthropic and OpenAI, seeking documents about the safety incidents involving their AI models. The demands went out on Wednesday, Axios first reported, citing a person familiar with the matter. An FTC spokesperson confirmed the subpoenas to CBS News and declined to comment further.
OpenAI表示将予以配合。报道中未见Anthropic的声明。
OpenAI said it would cooperate. No statement from Anthropic appeared in the reports.
“随着我们改进模型，它们在人们日常生活中提供的帮助日益增加，安全始终是首要任务。我们将与FTC建设性地进行互动。”OpenAI发言人对Axios表示。FTC要求的内容根据Axios的消息来源，每项要求超过50页。它们要求提供有关安全事件和防护措施的文件。该机构还要求提供营销材料以及有关公司隐私政策的文件。
“As we improve our models and they increasingly help people in their day-to-day lives, safety remains a top priority. We will engage constructively with the FTC.”OpenAI spokesperson, to Axios What the FTC is asking for Each demand runs to more than 50 pages, according to Axios’s source. They ask for documents on security incidents and safeguarding practices. The agency also wants marketing materials and documents on the companies’ privacy policies.
此次调查聚焦于潜在的消费者保护违规行为。FTC可以调查可能对消费者不公平或欺骗性的行为。民事调查要求有助于其在可能的诉讼之前收集证据，Axios报道。
The probe focuses on potential consumer protection violations. The FTC can investigate conduct that may be unfair or deceptive to consumers. Civil investigative demands help it gather evidence ahead of possible litigation, Axios reported.
FTC计划强制要求顶级AI高管就其产品作证，消息来源称。它还将向第三方AI组织发出类似要求。调查的背景FTC此前两周曾表示正在调查AI实验室，CBS报道。据Axios报道，FTC主席安德鲁·弗格森曾表示，如果AI系统不安全则不应发布。
The FTC plans to compel top AI executives to testify about their products, the source said. It will also send demands to third-party AI organisations later. How the probe got here The FTC said two weeks earlier that it was investigating the AI labs, CBS reported. FTC chair Andrew Ferguson has said AI systems should not be released if they are not safe, according to Axios.
弗格森还共同担任特朗普超级智能力量的联席主席。该组织曾要求AI公司立即报告并修复异常行为。就在发出要求的同一天周三，八个美国州根据消费者保护法律起诉了OpenAI。
Ferguson also co-chairs Trump’s Super Intelligence Force. The group has told AI companies to report rogue behaviour immediately and fix it. On the same Wednesday as the demands, eight US states sued OpenAI under consumer protection laws.