FTC investigating ChatGPT-maker OpenAI for possible consumer harm

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The civil investigative demand asks OpenAI to explain how it obtains information to train its large language models.

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating ChatGPT-maker OpenAI to understand if the company has violated consumer protection laws, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.

The civil investigative demand asks OpenAI to explain how it retains and uses consumer information and how they obtain information to train its large language models.The Federal Trade Commission is investigating ChatGPT-maker OpenAI to understand if the company has violated consumer protection laws.the FTC's 20-page civil investigative demand

The FTC says in the document that the probe will focus on whether OpenAI has "engaged in unfair or deceptive privacy or data security practices" or "engaged in unfair or deceptive practices relating to risks of harm to consumers, including reputational harm, in violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act."

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