Allowing AI firms to collude to ‘pace the frontier’ is a dangerous proposition

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Tech CEOs banding together is an old ruse recycled from corporate America to get a pass from antitrust laws Anthropic’s Dario Amodei is not the first corporate CEO to suggest that excessive competition is driving the world to some socially undesirable outcome.

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  • Tech CEOs banding together is an old ruse recycled from corporate America to get a pass from antitrust laws Anthropic’s Dario Amodei is not the first corporate CEO to suggest that excessive competition is driving the world to some socially undesirable outcome.
  • Reported by The Guardian and published Wed, 16 Sep 2026 11:00:18 UTC.

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  1. Mayors and other local leaders could be given powers to oversee water firms

  2. Allowing AI firms to collude to ‘pace the frontier’ is a dangerous proposition

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