Lena Kahn is the chairperson of the Federal Trade Commission. She's been ahead of the curve on many things, that one must are paper on Amazon and kind of rethinking the connection of monopoly and being a price setter. And now she's ahead of the next curve, it seems, artificial intelligence, that's what she's largely here to talk about. The FTC has jurisdiction that it can wade into this; they enforce against scams or frauds,. which AI can propel, and of course, antitrust, if you think about the Microsoft Chat, Chappie Tea Deal, or Google getting too big.
After a discussion about Elon and the new “Chief Twit,” Linda Yaccarino, we turn to a woman who has refused to meet with Musk: Lina Khan. The Chair of the Federal Trade Commission has tech giants from Meta to Amazon on the defensive. Now she’s got the agency’s eyes set on the next big gorilla: artificial intelligence.
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