AI's coming roadblock in regulation: Antitrust hawks

The push to regulate artificial intelligence faces a big speed bump in Washington : Antitrust hawks. AI companies have asked for narrow antitrust exemptions to collaborate on safety issues as they push Washington to regulate them amid growing fears that the technology could grow out of control . But some lawmakers on Capitol Hill who would write the laws regulating the industry are recoiling at the suggestion of an antitrust carveout. "No," Sen. Elizabeth Warren , D-Mass., told CNBC at the Capitol when asked about a potential waiver. "Antitrust law already has an exception for companies working together on safety issues; there's no need for any additional antitrust waivers." "I understand that big companies love antitrust waivers, but no," she said.