Category: AI Policy Initiatives
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Korea’s antitrust watchdog issues GenAI competition report, mulls merger control regime amendments
The Korea Fair Trade Commission landmark report raises concerns about Big Tech partnerships in AI, including Microsoft’s hiring of Inflection employees in March this year.
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Sen. Cruz suggests violation of U.S. law by UK government-funded AI entity, criticizes Europe for innovation-hostile, politically-motivated overregulation
A recent letter by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) indicates that senior Republican politicians take issue with European efforts to export overregulation and disadvantage U.S. companies.
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AI startups want to be protected by regulation, but also against overregulation: observations on a16z-Microsoft statement
A joint statement by venture investors Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and President Brad Smith
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UK regulator’s update paper on AI Foundation Models: understandable fears, but unsupported by evidence
While the CMA’s general concerns over dynamics previously seen in technology markets are legitimate, the update paper, on top of generally recognizing the enormous benefits of AI innovation, summarizes trends that could also be interpreted as signs of fierce competition among large technology corporations that creates opportunities for newcomers.
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French government commission says AI can double the country’s economic growth, urges political action
An expert commission appointed by the French government last year has put out a report and specific recommendations with a focus on stimulating economic growth through AI.