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October 1, 2026

FTC opens industry-wide probe into AI labs over rogue agent incidents

Also: RAF confirms UK jams adversary satellites amid rising space threats‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

X-Risk Daily

Thursday 01 October 2026

Transformative AI
FTC opens industry-wide probe into AI labs over rogue agent incidents
The US Federal Trade Commission has opened an industry-wide investigation into Anthropic, OpenAI and other frontier AI developers, examining the potential dangers their technology poses to consumers, a senior FTC official told Reuters on 30 September 2026.

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