FTC’s Khan Voices Conflict of Interest Concerns in AI Market

Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan warned Thursday that a few firms dominating various parts of the artificial intelligence ecosystem could create access barriers that hurt small businesses and startups.

The commission is scrutinizing those issues, as well as the investments and partnerships that large tech companies have entered into with small AI companies, Khan said during a panel conversation with Small Business Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman at SBA headquarters.

“Especially when you see vertical integration, so that the same company that has privileged access to chips is the same company that owns the cloud computing is the same company ...