"These conditions have allowed, in some instances, the biggest technology companies to get a layup in the AI space," Khan said.
In particular, Khan called for AI models' weights to be publicly available.
In the age of AI, Khan said both consumers and enterprises are uncertain of their data's protections when using foundation models.
"We only focus on deals that have problems…it's a narrow set of deals that satisfy a narrow set of criteria."
In March, Microsoft paid $650 million in a licensing deal to Inflection AI, an emerging OpenAI rival, to use its AI models and hire most of its employees.
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—, Lina Khan, Khan, We've, you've, Jonathan Kanter, Kevin Dietsch, Kanter, execs
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Service, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Big Tech, Microsoft, Google, Business, Meta, Antitrust, Department of Justice, DOJ, Apple, Tech, New York VC, YC, Amazon
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OpenAI, America