FTC Opens Antitrust Probe Into AI Giants Including Anthropic and OpenAI
According to Reuters, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has formally launched an antitrust investigation into several leading AI companies including Anthropic and OpenAI. The probe will focus on training data sourcing, partnerships, and potential market dominance. This marks the first systematic U.S. regulatory scrutiny of frontier AI companies and signals a shift from pure innovation-first policy to innovation-plus-regulation in the AI sector.