Regulators set the stage for AI antitrust battles

The Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department have reached a deal that would set the stage for antitrust probes into Microsoft, OpenAI and Nvidia, setting up unprecedented regulatory scrutiny of the companies’ conduct in the AI race, according to a person familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a probe whose details are not public. The deal — which is expected to be completed in the coming days — ends a long-running stalemate between the agencies over how they should divvy up oversight of artificial intelligence companies, a debate that has limited the federal government’s ability to respond to the fast-changing corporate landscape.