AI Content Deals Face Antitrust Spotlight, Top US Official Says
- DOJ’s Kanter points to accords between AI companies, creators
- OpenAI has reached agreements with News Corp., Reddit
Jonathan Kanter
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The US Justice Department is closely monitoring deals that artificial intelligence companies like OpenAI have been reaching with content creators, said Jonathan Kanter, the agency’s top antitrust official.
“We’re watching all these deals very carefully,” Kanter said Thursday in an interview on the sidelines of a conference at Stanford University. “Just because companies enter into deals where another side is exercising monopsony power, doesn’t mean that it’s acceptable under the law.”