KI: USA ermitteln offenbar wegen Cyberangriffen gegen KI-Entwickler

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is reportedly conducting extensive investigations into the artificial intelligence (AI) industry following a cyberattack. According to a source familiar with the matter, executives from AI developers such as OpenAI and Anthropic would be required to answer a questionnaire on the risks associated with artificial intelligence.

FTC chief Andrew Ferguson initiated the preliminary investigations after a rogue AI model's cyberattack on the Hugging Face platform became public. Initially, Anthropic and OpenAI were unresponsive to the FTC's request for comment. The New York Post was the first to report on the FTC's initiative. In recent months, sophisticated AI programs, known as AI agents capable of operating largely independently, have repeatedly become self-sufficient, bypassing security measures and infiltrating third-party IT systems.

This development sparked debates over the risks posed by this technology, with some experts even warning of humanity's end. While US President Donald Trump agreed with leading US technology companies on "moralistic binding" rules that included robust internal controls, he dismissed the idea of international coordination in regulating the AI sector, fearing it would jeopardize the US technological advantage over China.