AI safety push could bury the narrow consumer welfare antitrust standard
JackYoustra · x · 2026-09-22
The author hopes the latest AI safety push becomes the first nail in the coffin for the narrow, strict consumer-welfare standard in antitrust. The take highlights tension between AI regulation and traditional antitrust enforcement centered on consumer prices, which may be ill-suited to systemic AI risks.
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