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The cautious optimism of New Zealand's antitrust regulator in tackling AI

By James Panichi ( July 14, 2025, 08:17 GMT | Comment) -- New Zealand’s antitrust watchdog says it’s under no misapprehension about the regulatory risk posed by artificial intelligence, as it points to the RealPage rent-software case in the United States as an example of how algorithms can lead to businesses colluding. However, although officials say existing laws are adequate to tackle the challenge posed by colluding computers, they're also waiting to see how AI-specific laws play out in other jurisdictions.It was a lifetime ago in technology terms — November 2017 — that Australia’s top antitrust official took to a stage to make a bold prediction about the prospect of colluding computers....

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