Does AI need an antitrust exemption so it doesn’t kill everyone????
These days, he’s both a professor of law at WashU and professor of technology policy at Carnegie Mellon.The biggest story in tech right now is the spiraling debate about AI safety and regulation. Researchers at the big AI labs including Anthropic and Google DeepMind have quit in noisy ways, saying the models pose real threats and safety isn’t being taken seriously across the industry. This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.Jonathan Kanter, you’re the former head of the DOJ Antitrust Division in the Biden administration and a current professor of law at WashU and professor of technology policy at Carnegie Mellon.
- ▪These days, he’s both a professor of law at WashU and professor of technology policy at Carnegie Mellon.The biggest story in tech right now is the spiraling debate about AI safety and regulation.
- ▪Researchers at the big AI labs including Anthropic and Google DeepMind have quit in noisy ways, saying the models pose real threats and safety isn’t being taken seriously across the industry.
- ▪This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.Jonathan Kanter, you’re the former head of the DOJ Antitrust Division in the Biden administration and a current professor of law at WashU and professor of technology policy at Ca
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