FTC’s AI Probe Fails to Resolve Antitrust Enforcer Turf Tussles

The Federal Trade Commission was first to jump into the fray in probing competition issues in artificial intelligence, but the move is unlikely to give it a leg up over the Justice Department’s antitrust division on potential future litigation.

The two antitrust enforcement agencies are still ironing out who is best equipped to tackle AI competition issues, an FTC official said, as the impact of the nascent technology on the competitive landscape faces mounting scrutiny from regulators around the world. The FTC official spoke on background to provide more details about the agency’s thinking.

Current and former agency officials say ...