The Case of the Obedient Tool

The FTC chairman running the new AI investigation says AI companies are liable for what their products do, and won't treat the models as actors: tell a tool to do something and it does it, nobody asks what to do about the tool. The agency's first AI inquiry was a 20-page demand to OpenAI in 2023. The President says he'll only encourage AI, and let law enforcement rein things in if needed.

The FTC chairman behind the new AI investigation, Andrew Ferguson, says AI companies should be liable for what their products do and refuses to treat the models as actors: if someone tells a tool to do something and it does it, nobody asks what to do about the tool; his FTC has been less aggressive on business generally, the agency's first AI inquiry was a 20-page demand to OpenAI in 2023, and the President says he will only encourage AI and let law enforcement rein things in if needed.

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