DOJ Is Scrutinizing Rival AI Companies Sharing Board Members (1)

The Justice Department is scrutinizing whether artificial intelligence companies have overlapping executives or directors, an arrangement that can violate US antitrust law, a senior agency official said Wednesday.

The Justice Department is “on the lookout for AI competitors sharing board members,” Andrew Forman, deputy assistant attorney general for antitrust, said at a conference in Washington. Taking quick action to enforce rules while the industry is still developing can have competitive benefits, he said, “and that’s something that we’re particularly focused on.”

US antitrust law bars so-called interlocking directorates, in which individuals or entities sit on the board of directors for ...