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  "id": 7565696,
  "title": "FTC chair suspicious of calls for AI antitrust exemptions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/ftc-chair-suspicious-of-calls-for-ai-antitrust-exemptions-7565696",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-15T14:12:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Investing.com",
    "slug": "investing-com",
    "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/ftc-chair-suspicious-of-calls-for-ai-antitrust-exemptions-4901992"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson expressed deep suspicion on Tuesday regarding artificial intelligence companies seeking antitrust exemptions while simultaneously lobbying for new regulations. This personal opinion, as he clarified, did not directly single out Anthropic, whose CEO recently advocated for antitrust permission to enable rivals to coordinate a slower, safer AI development pace. The remarks marked the first public commentary from the Trump administration on this strategy, underscoring how AI regulation is sometimes viewed as a means for large tech firms to impede competitors. Ferguson made these observations during an event at Georgetown University in Washington, stating that President Donald Trump would determine AI policy for the federal government. \"If companies are simultaneously coming to Washington and asking for a host of regulations and an antitrust exemption, all of my alarm bells go off,\" he remarked. \"They’re asking for barriers to entry that will insulate their incumbency from challenge. And I think if you combine that with the requested antitrust exemption, everyone should be deeply suspicious about this.\" Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for a deliberate deceleration of AI development and for an exemption from rules preventing competitors from collaborating. He warned that AI agents could potentially bring down the internet within six months, causing billions of dollars in damage.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "FTC chair suspicious of calls for AI antitrust exemptions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/ftc-chair-suspicious-of-calls-for-ai-antitrust-exemptions",
        "published": "2026-09-15T13:52:53.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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