{
  "id": 11127542,
  "title": "US trade regulator opens investigation into AI giants including Anthropic and OpenAI",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/us-trade-regulator-opens-investigation-into-ai-giants-including-11127542",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-30T18:35:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/30/ftc-investigation-anthropic-openai"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "FTC move is first official US enforcement action on rogue AI agents, following surge in incidents first reported in July The US’s main trade regulator is conducting an industry-wide investigation into Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI labs to uncover the potential dangers their technology poses to consumers. The investigation by the Federal Trade Commission is the first official US enforcement…",
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        "outlet": "Guardian Technology",
        "title": "US trade regulator opens investigation into AI giants including Anthropic and OpenAI",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/us-trade-regulator-opens-investigation-into-ai-giants-including",
        "published": "2026-09-30T18:35:05.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Inc.",
        "title": "FTC Investigation Signals a New Phase of AI Regulation for OpenAI and Anthropic",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/ftc-investigation-signals-a-new-phase-of-ai-regulation-for-openai-and",
        "published": "2026-09-30T21:24:40.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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