"On Thursday, the Federal Trade Commission ordered several tech companies to cough up information about how they test, make, distribute and monetize their AI chatbots. ChatGPT's maker, San Francisco-headquartered OpenAI, is one target of the FTC's order. The inquiry also includes Google's parent company, Snapchat's parent company, Instagram and its owner Meta, Elon Musk's xAI, and the popular chatbot-maker Character.AI."
"The orders themselves span 18 pages, with lengthy lists of requirements. All of the companies are asked to provide details and documents about various aspects of their chatbots, their users and user research, their compliance practices, their data collection and use, and even the complaints they have received about their chatbots. If made public, full responses to these orders would provide a treasure trove of revelations about how these companies make and deploy their chatbots."
The Federal Trade Commission issued orders requiring several tech companies to provide information about the development, testing, distribution, and monetization of AI chatbots. The inquiry includes OpenAI, Google's parent company, Snapchat's owner, Meta (Instagram), xAI, and Character.AI. The probe seeks details on safety evaluations, user and parental warnings, measures to limit product use and negative effects on children and teens, and records of user research, compliance practices, data collection and use, and complaints. The orders span 18 pages and request extensive documents; if released, responses could reveal how companies design and deploy chatbots. A 16-year-old's suicide and a grim chatbot conversation log were cited among troubling developments prompting the inquiry.
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