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US DOJ's Alford says collusion through robots, algorithms a ‘cause of great concern'

By Khushita Vasant ( April 12, 2025, 00:55 GMT | Insight) -- Roger Alford, a top antitrust enforcer at the US Department of Justice, today said algorithmic collusion and bots acting autonomously to fix prices are a "cause of great concern" for the agency. "Algorithmic collusion, you know, basically robots acting like parties in a room and how they would maximize profits. If you just tell a robot to maximize profits, they'll autonomously do cartel-like pricing behavior. So that's a cause of great concern," he said.Roger Alford, a top antitrust enforcer at the US Department of Justice, today said algorithmic collusion and bots acting autonomously to fix prices are a "cause of great concern" for the agency....

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