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US DOJ's Slater warns against regulating AI, says antitrust is better tool

By Khushita Vasant ( September 18, 2025, 16:21 GMT | Insight) -- Antitrust enforcement is a better-suited tool for an emerging area such as artificial intelligence, and premature regulation can hurt industries in early stages of development, Gail Slater, chief of the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, said Thursday. The DOJ enforcer also warned that monopolists may use privacy concerns as a pretext for gatekeeping data and refusing interoperability, and enforcers must closely scrutinize such claims.Antitrust enforcement is better suited for an emerging area such as artificial intelligence than is regulation, which if done prematurely can hurt industries in their early stages of development, Gail Slater, chief of the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, said on Thursday. The DOJ enforcer also warned that monopolists may use privacy concerns as a pretext for gatekeeping data and refusing interoperability, and enforcers must closely scrutinize such claims....

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