Following its many warnings of impending enforcement action against entities providing Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) products, the FTC has officially launched an investigation into OpenAI[1]. The FTC’s investigation of OpenAI also follows multiple civil class action lawsuits filed against OpenAI in the past month alleging numerous privacy and intellectual property violations. For example, the FTC is concerned with whether OpenAI removes, filters, or anonymizes personal information appearing in training data. Similarly, the FTC requests that OpenAI explain how it mitigates the risk of its LLM Products generating outputs containing personal information. Specifically, the FTC requests information concerning how OpenAI restricts third-parties from using the API and any required technical or organizational controls that third parties with access to the API must implement.

Source: Washington Post July 14, 2023 14:20 UTC