FTC’s Khan Backs Open AI Models in Bid to Avoid Monopolies
- Khan comments made at San Francisco event on AI startups
- Agency is probing Microsoft, OpenAI over antitrust concerns
Lina Khan’s comments come as the Biden administration is considering guidance on the use and safety of open-weight models.
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Open artificial intelligence models that allow developers to customize them with few restrictions are more likely to promote competition, Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan said, weighing in on a key debate within the industry.
“There’s tremendous potential for open-weight models to promote competition,” Khan said Thursday in San Francisco at startup incubator Y Combinator. “Open-weight models can liberate startups from the arbitrary whims of closed developers and cloud gatekeepers.”