The Center for AI and Digital Policy has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), urging the agency to investigate OpenAI, prevent commercial releases of GPT-4, and establish measures to safeguard consumers, businesses, and the commercial marketplace.

 

The Center for AI and Digital Policy has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), urging the agency to investigate OpenAI, prevent commercial releases of GPT-4, and establish measures to safeguard consumers, businesses, and the commercial marketplace.  The complaint claims that GPT-4, OpenAI's latest large language model used to power ChatGPT, violates FTC rules against deception and unfairness. The complaint asks the Commission to investigate OpenAI and find that the commercial release of GPT-4 violates Section 5 of the FTC Act, which provides guidance on AI and outlines emerging norms for AI governance endorsed by the U.S. government. The complaint follows an open letter signed by Elon Musk, AI experts, and industry executives calling for a six-month pause in developing systems more powerful than GPT-4. Legislators, ethicists, technology experts, and business leaders have previously called for regulatory intervention on generative AI models. In late January, Rep. Ted Lieu, D-CA, used ChatGPT to write legislation calling for Congress to increase its focus on AI.