Ex-Antitrust Official: AI Labs' Safety Coordination May Be Lawful as Output-Enhancing
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-09-14
A former antitrust official argues competitor agreements can be permissible if they increase output, and preventing catastrophic AI risk plausibly does — citing the DOJ's similar reasoning on cybersecurity firm coordination. The reposter adds that official guidance on this would be better than leaving it to argument.
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