Does AI need an antitrust exemption so it doesn't kill everyone????

Summary

In the first of a two-part Decoder series, the host speaks with Jonathan Kanter, former antitrust chief at the US Department of Justice under the Biden administration. The biggest tech story right now is the spiraling debate over AI safety and regulation: researchers at big labs including Anthropic and Google DeepMind have quit in noisy ways, saying models pose real threats; some researchers put the odds of AI killing us all above 10 percent; and CEOs have called for slowing development and new regulation, including antitrust exemptions so they can coordinate on safety. Critics accuse these companies of seeking regulatory capture, forming a cartel, and even finding a way out from investor pressure ahead of their IPOs.