Generative AI is expanding Big Tech’s data monopoly and worsening news outlets' financial crisis, Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., agreed Wednesday while hearing testimony about The New York Times Co. (NYT) lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., told us Tuesday he remains opposed to confirmation of FTC nominee Andrew Ferguson and is awaiting outreach from Ferguson and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. In interviews Tuesday Republicans offered varying opinions about Hawley’s dispute with McConnell (see 2312200052).
Statistics suggest antitrust enforcement by the FTC and DOJ hasn’t been markedly different from previous administrations, but the numbers don’t fully capture the deterrent effect of policies championed by FTC Chair Lina Khan and DOJ Antitrust Division Chief Jonathan Kanter, antitrust experts told us in interviews.