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The New York Times reported on June 5th that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have reached an agreement, led by senior officials of both agencies, over the past week. The DOJ will investigate whether NVIDIA has violated antitrust laws, while the FTC will examine the conducts of OpenAI and Microsoft.
Reportedly, Jonathan Kanter, who is said to be the top antitrust official in the DOJ’s Antitrust Division, highlighted at an AI conference at Stanford University last week that AI’s reliance on massive amounts of data and computing power gives dominant companies a significant advantage. In a February interview, FTC Chair Lina Khan stated that the FTC aims to identify potential issues in the early stages of AI development.
As per Reuters’ report, Microsoft, OpenAI, NVIDIA, DOJ and FTC did not immediately respond to requests for comment outside regular business hours.
In a May interview with CNBC, Appian co-founder and CEO Matt Calkins stated that AI might not be a winner take all market. He suggested that if alliances could secure victory in the AI race, Google would already have won.
Per a report from Roll Call on May 15th, a bipartisan Senate AI working group led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer released an AI roadmap, calling for the federal government to invest at least USD 32 billion annually in non-defense-related AI systems.
In March, The Information reported that Microsoft does not want its hiring of Inflection AI’s two co-founders and the majority of its 70-member team to be perceived as an acquisition.
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