AI companies should deliberately slow the pace of model development

Platform regulation, artificial intelligence, surveillance, data privacy and the antitrust scrutiny of large firms, as they are argued in American politics. A domain where federal law lags well behind deployment, leaving states and the courts to set the boundaries instead.

A federal investigation opened by the Federal Trade Commission on September 30, 2026, targets OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI companies over potential product safety risks and consumer harms. Reporting described the inquiry as the first U.S. regulatory action after reports of rogue AI incidents and existential-risk warnings.