The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is reportedly demanding testimony from Anthropic executives, Axios reported on October 26, 2026. The report describes an investigative step in a broader U.S. inquiry into potential consumer harms involving AI companies.
What the broader FTC inquiry examines
Reuters reported on September 30 that the FTC was investigating Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies over potential consumer harms and possible unfair or deceptive practices. The agency planned to seek information and executive testimony from AI companies, and information from research group METR. NeoTeo’s earlier coverage of the FTC’s reported document requests to OpenAI and Anthropic provides context for that broader inquiry.
In an interview published October 16, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson described the inquiry as consumer-protection work. He said the agency was examining whether companies accurately represent their products, whether those products perform as advertised, and whether consumers face unavoidable injury.
