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The Federal Trade Commission opens an investigation into OpenAI, Anthropic and other unnamed AI companies over potential dangers posed by their products, an agency spokesperson confirms to CNBC. The probe adds to scrutiny of AI companies’ safety practices following researchers’ warnings about catastrophic risks. It comes as industry leaders debate government oversight and after executives sign a voluntary, nonbinding accord on developing AI safely.
Sep 2026 · CNBC TechNews article
OpenAI debuts its Dots always-on agents and GPT-6.1 Sol, while Oura delays its IPO amid rising market uncertainty. The newsletter also details an investigation into former Federal Reserve official John Harold Rogers, who is suspected of passing central-bank information to a Chinese government agent, and previews U.S. inflation, employment, spending and GDP data. It reports that Treasury auto-enrollment could add more than 60 million children to Trump Accounts, while IPO postponements rise to seven in the third quarter.
Sep 2026 · CNBC TechNews article
The FTC is investigating Anthropic, OpenAI and other frontier AI labs over potential consumer dangers and alleged unfair or deceptive practices. It plans to issue civil investigative demands in the coming weeks, seeking documents and executive testimony about the firms’ products and risks; Berkeley-based AI watchdog METR is also expected to be a target. The inquiry follows earlier FTC demands for records on chatbot effects on children’s mental health, and the agency says the investigation remains in its investigative phase.
Sep 2026 · New York PostNews article
Pope Leo XIV rebukes Jensen Huang for downplaying AI risks, saying concerns raised by AI experts and specialists should be taken seriously. The rare intervention comes as top executives are due to meet at the White House on Tuesday.
Sep 2026 · Financial TimesNews article