4/ Antitrust law does not prevent AI companies from coordinating to make sure AI does not hurt people. It does not prevent companies working together to make sure it doesn't hack people; the DOJ and FTC made this clear in 2014, and the same principles apply here: www.justice.g…
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- The DOJ and FTC issued a joint antitrust policy statement on April 10, 2014, saying properly designed cyber threat information sharing does not raise antitrust concerns.
- The agencies draw a line between technical threat data (incident reports, indicators, threat signatures) and competitively sensitive data like current or future prices, output, or business plans.
- Named officials including FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez, Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole, and Assistant Attorney General Bill Baer framed the statement as removing an antitrust deterrent to legitimate sharing.
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