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FTC Chair Warns Against Antitrust Exemptions For AI Companies
The Indian Express18h
THE BRIEF
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US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson warned that the public should be deeply suspicious of AI companies seeking antitrust exemptions.
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Ferguson made his comments following Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's public call for antitrust permission to coordinate a slower pace of AI development.
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Critics and regulatory experts noted that safety-focused coordination can often act as a barrier to entry to insulate large incumbent tech companies.