US FTC chair warns about 'rent-seeking' by large content companies
By Khushita Vasant ( March 26, 2026, 22:25 GMT | Insight) -- Large content companies' attempts to claim a slice of the pie whenever other firms train large language models on their data feels like "rent-seeking," US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson said Thursday.Large content companies' attempts to claim a slice of the pie whenever other firms train large language models, or LLMs, on their data feels like "rent-seeking," US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson said Thursday....
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