sent a letter to OpenAI, the San Fransisco company responsible for creating ChatGPT, the Large Language Model that captured the world’s imagination in November of 2022. The investigation was earlier reported by The Washington Post and confirmed by a person familiar with the investigation. The F.T.C.’s investigation poses the first major regulatory threat to OpenAI. Is Investigating ChatGPT Maker – The New York Times (nytimes.com)ChatGPT, a neural network, can be trained to learn information and predict outcomes. Mind Matters contributor Gary Smith has written extensively on this topic in the past; now the Commission is moving forward with an investigation.

Source: New York Times July 13, 2023 16:55 UTC