Ex-DOJ Antitrust Chief Kanter Debates AI Exemption — SkimNews
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- Decoder launches the first installment of a two-part series on the future of business, featuring Jonathan Kanter, the former US Department of Justice antitrust chief under the Biden administration, to debate whether AI needs an antitrust exemption to prevent catastrophic outcomes
- Kanter currently teaches as a professor of law at WashU and professor of technology policy, representing the antitrust-policy establishment weighing in on the AI safety question
Why it matters: The pairing of a former top US antitrust enforcer with the question of whether competition rules should bend for AI safety gives the Decoder conversation unusual weight in a debate where most commentary comes from either AI labs or consumer advocates, pulling antitrust policy directly into the AI existential-risk conversation.
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