The FTC ordered Alphabet Inc.’s Google, OpenAI Inc., Meta Platforms Inc. and four other makers of artificial intelligence chatbots to turn over information about the impacts of their technologies on kids.
The antitrust and consumer protection agency said Thursday that it sent the orders to gather information to study how firms measure, test and monitor their chatbots and what steps they have taken to limit their use by kids and teens. The seven companies include Google; OpenAI; Meta and its Instagram unit; Snap Inc.; Elon Musk’s xAI; and Character Technologies Inc., the developer of Character.AI.