AI Antitrust Probes Are Underway, DOJ Says Without Specifying

The US Justice Department has opened a number of probes into competition in artificial intelligence, Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Jonathan Kanter said.

“We have a lot of work underway at the Department of Justice Antitrust Division with respect to AI and competition, including numerous active investigations,” Kanter said Wednesday at a conference in Brussels. He didn’t name any companies.

Jonathan Kanter

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