The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reportedly plans to investigate the impact of AI chatbots on the mental health of children, a probe which would include requests for internal documents from OpenAI, Meta Platforms and other tech companies.

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported the FTC is evaluating whether chatbots including OpenAI’s ChatGPT are impacting children’s mental health.

In addition to Meta Platforms and OpenAI, the news publication stated correspondence was also sent to Character.AI.

WSJ stated the administration of US President Donald Trump approved of the plan.

First lady Melania Trump hosted a meeting yesterday (4 September) of the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Education.

WSJ explained Google CEO Sundar Pichai, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella attended the event and pledged to make AI more accessible to students and workers.

President Trump signed an executive order on advancing AI education for US youth on 23 April.