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Decoder with Nilay Patel

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Does AI need an antitrust exemption so it doesn't kill everyone????

Sep 19, 2026 · 46m

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The biggest story in tech right now is the spiraling debate about AI safety and regulation. The CEOs of all these companies have issued various calls to slow down development and develop regulation, including asking for antitrust exemptions so they can all coordinate on safety issues. So to make sense of it all, I called Jonathan Kanter, the former antitrust chief for the U.S. Department of Justice in the Biden Administration. There's a lot going on, and we really got into the weeds of how all this regulation might work, and how it might interact with antitrust law, competition policy, and our relationship with China. Read the full interview transcript on The Verge. Links: Is Big Tech’s AI…