FTC Chairman Ferguson: AI Firms Seeking Regulation and Antitrust Exemption Set Off Alarm Bells
whurley · x · 2026-09-16
FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson said that if AI companies simultaneously come to Washington asking for a host of regulations and an antitrust exemption, "all of my alarm bells go off" — a pointed warning against incumbents shaping regulation to lock out competition.
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