Why AI firms fear antitrust: "They want a blank check"
BlancheMinerva · x · 2026-09-14
Washington Post reporter Nitasha Tiku asks why AI companies with big legal teams worry about antitrust liability given 100 years of jurisprudence in their favor. Slade Bond replies: "They want a blank check. They don't like product liability, they don't like copyright, and now they don't like antitrust."
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