The FTC said in a statement that it "will scrutinize corporate partnerships and investments with AI providers to build a better internal understanding of these relationships and their impact on the competitive landscape."
"As companies race to develop and monetize AI, we must guard against tactics that foreclose this opportunity," said FTC chair Lina Khan. "Our study will shed light on whether investments and partnerships pursued by dominant companies risk distorting innovation and undermining fair competition."
For decades, federal antitrust regulators have preferred a light touch toward early-stage technologies, but critics argue that this has allowed Big Tech giants to amass too much market power.
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