US Justice Department Steps Up Focus on Competition in AI

The US Justice Department is stepping up its focus on competition in the artificial intelligence industry, top officials said, as Big Tech companies invest billions of dollars to gain an edge in the new technology.

The DOJ is convening a workshop at Stanford University on May 30, bringing together industry leaders, researchers and government officials, Susan Athey, chief economist in the DOJ’s antitrust division, said at a Bloomberg roundtable on Wednesday.

Susan Athey

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The workshop comes as the Biden administration’s antitrust agencies pursue cases against some of the largest technology companies, including Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Amazon.com Inc.and Meta ...