Technology: US authorities survey AI ecosystem through antitrust lens

I’m quoted in this article for the International Bar Association:

Antitrust authorities in the US are targeting the new frontier of artificial intelligence (AI) for potential enforcement action.

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Jonathan Kanter, Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the DoJ, warns that the government sees ‘structures and trends in AI that should give us pause’. He says that AI relies on massive amounts of data and computing power, which can give already dominant companies a substantial advantage. ‘Powerful network and feedback effects’ may enable dominant companies to control these new markets, Kanter adds.

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