Food systems program manager Claire Kelloway argues that the main reason Kroger and Albertsons want to merge is to achieve Walmart’s monopsony power, and permitting mergers on these grounds will only harm suppliers, workers, and consumers.
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CJL Director Dr. Courtney Radsch highlights the internal developments of OpenAI and the confrontations between the firm and Microsoft’s poaching practices.
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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan publishes a piece on how Maine’s voters recently rejected a referendum for publicly owned energy after a disinformation campaign led by the energy lobby.
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A letter signed by Open Markets and promoting developer accountability in AI models and AI legislation was covered by Euractiv.
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In this issue, we explore a novel approach by Danish publishers to claw back funds from tech giants who have monopolized their advertising revenues. We also introduce our report “AI in the Public Interest: Confronting the Monopoly Threat,” which shows how a handful of Big Tech companies have already monopolized the emerging AI space.
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Europe director Max von Thun coauthored an article warning that the UK, as well as regulators around the world, needed to more effectively legislate the emerging AI space, rather than let Big Tech firms take the lead.
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Tech Policy Press Editor and CEO Justin Hendrix covered our AI event - and the panel of artists, journalists, and creators he moderated - in his latest piece for Tech Policy Press.
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In the FT’s Swamp Notes, FT Global Business Columnist and Open Markets board member Rana Foroohar recommends our report on AI and monopoly power.
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In the FT’s Swamp Notes, FT Global Business Columnist and Open Markets board member Rana Foroohar recommends our report on AI and monopoly power.
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The Washington Post quotes CJL Director Courtney Radsch in its coverage of Haley’s comments.
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On November 15, Open Markets Institute and AI Now Institute convened leading experts from the United States and Europe for a wide-ranging discussion about the promise, threats, and regulatory challenges of large scale artificial intelligence (AI).
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The Open Markets Institute and the AI Now Institute event on November 15 in Washington.
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The Open Markets Institute and the Center for Journalism and Liberty publish a report how just a handful of Big Tech companies – by exploiting existing monopoly power and aggressively co-opting other actors – have already positioned themselves to control the future of artificial intelligence and magnify many of the worst problems of the digital age.
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Barry Lynn is quoted in the Houston Chronicle from a statement urging US regulators to block both buyouts.
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The Financial Times covers two reports from Senior Fellow Johnny Ryan and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties which show that access to government officials’ personal and sensitive data is broader than was previously believed.
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In this issue, we explore new revelations about how Amazon’s internal ads business aims to deceive buyers and to hurt sellers on its marketplace. We also introduce our seminal report on how to save journalism from Google and Facebook’s destructive business models, which are designed to monopolize all advertising.
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