antitrust
AI-Driven Antitrust and Competition Law: Algorithmic Collusion, Self-Learning Pricing Tools, and Legal Challenges in the US and EU
AI in Market Economics and Pricing Algorithms AI-driven pricing models, particularly those utilizing reinforcement learning (RL), can lead to outcomes resembling traditional collusion, fundamentally altering market dynamics. Unlike human-set strategies in oligopoly models, AI agents, like Q-learning, autonomously learn pricing strategies from data, often resulting in supra-competitive pricing due to agents’ ability to detect rivals’…
The enforcer that could break up Apple and Google is facing upheaval
The sudden firing of two high-ranking antitrust officials this week is signaling upheaval at an agency responsible for arguing some of the biggest tech monopoly cases in decades. Two top deputies to Department of Justice Antitrust Division chief Gail Slater were fired earlier this week for what a DOJ official would only explain as “insubordination”…
What we’ve learned from the FTC v. Meta antitrust trial
Meta is facing its biggest existential threat in its history. Years after the Federal Trade Commission first sued the social network in an attempt to unwind its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, the trial that will shape its future is finally underway. FTC v. Meta began last month when CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stand,…
Read the juiciest bits from the Apple-Epic court ruling | TechCrunch
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers is pissed off at Apple. Really, really pissed off. In Rogers’ newly released 80-page decision, she took Apple and its executives to task for defying the court’s orders in its original case with Fortnite maker Epic Games. Though Apple largely won that round, as it was determined the tech giant was…
Meta on trial: Every revelation from the Meta-FTC antitrust trial so far
This week, we’re getting a peek behind the scenes at Meta and Facebook as the FTC’s antitrust trial against the company begins. On Monday and Tuesday, Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stand as the U.S. government makes its case that Zuckerberg and company run a social media monopoly. The FTC argues that…