Senate Democrats Ask Antitrust Enforcers to Probe AI Deals
The FTC and DOJ should investigate the AI-related dominance of companies like Google, Microsoft and Amazon, Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Peter Welch, D-Vt., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., wrote the agencies Friday. The largest tech companies are entrenching their dominance in…
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the “nascent generative AI industry” through “partnerships, equity deals, acquisitions, cloud computing credits, and other arrangements,” they wrote. It’s good the FTC and DOJ are probing the AI ecosystem, but “it has become clear that sustained, pointed action is necessary to fight undue consolidation across the industry.” The legislators called for an investigation of a recent deal between Amazon and AI startup Adept and how Amazon avoided potential agency oversight. “This strategic deal is the latest in a string of arrangements among tech firms that have created an entire generative AI industry centered around massive consolidation,” Wyden’s office said. The agencies confirmed receiving the letters but declined comment.