# Ex-FTC boss Khan urges Uncle Sam to break out the handcuffs for AI CEOs, citing 1934 precedent

DevFeed: [Ex-FTC boss Khan urges Uncle Sam to break out the handcuffs for AI CEOs, citing 1934 precedent](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ex-ftc-boss-khan-urges-uncle-sam-to-break-out-the-handcuffs-for-ai-ceos-citing-1934-precedent-21623.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/14/ex-ftc-boss-khan-urges-uncle-sam-to-break-out-the-handcuffs-for-ai-ceos-citing-1934-precedent/5296325>)

Author: Brandon Vigliarolo

Published: 2026-09-14T16:59:24Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [www.theregister.com - Articles](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/www-theregister-com-articles.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [ai and ml](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-and-ml.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-and-ml](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-and-ml.md>), [anthropic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/anthropic.md>), [artificial-intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/artificial-intelligence.md>), [ftc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ftc.md>), [hugging-face](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hugging-face.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>)

## AI overview

Former FTC chair Lina Khan urges the US government to consider criminal accountability for AI company executives, citing a 1934 precedent. The article notes that existing laws may already hold companies and their executives accountable.

## Source excerpt

There are plenty of laws on the books to hold companies, and potentially their execs, accountable