It fined startups promising bogus “AI lawyer” services and one that sold fake product reviews generated with AI. In each case, the FTC found, everyday people had been harmed by AI companies that let their technologies run amok. The plan released by the Trump administration yesterday suggests it believes these actions went too far. This move by the Trump administration is the latest in its evolving attack on the agency, which provides a significant route of redress for people harmed by AI in the US. But in January, with Khan out and Trump back in the White House, this dynamic all but collapsed.