Former FTC Technologist Warns Government AI Antitrust Exemptions Could Create a Cartel

Neil Chilson, head of AI policy at the Abundance Institute and former FTC chief technologist, warned that government-backed antitrust exemptions for frontier AI labs could create a durable "cartel," according to Bloomberg. He said companies can coordinate on safety standards without suspending antitrust rules and that existing consumer-protection and liability laws already provide tools to address harms caused by AI.