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FTC chair suspicious of calls for AI antitrust exemptions

15 September 2026 · By · Wire by Fusion42

Published

15 September 2026

Topic

regulatory

◆ Sectors

AI & ML

◆ Geography

United States

◆ Source

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Fusion42 · 15 September 2026 · Fusion42 review

FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson expressed suspicion about AI companies seeking antitrust exemptions while also lobbying for regulations, warning these requests could create barriers protecting incumbent firms from competition.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI & ML, and 8 sources have reported it between 15 Sep 2026 and 16 Sep 2026.

◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway

AI founders lobbying for antitrust exemptions while seeking regulation face scepticism from the FTC chair. You need to rethink strategies that rely on regulatory safe-havens or trade-off between regulation and competition exposure.

◆ Coverage

8 sources · first reported 15 Sep 2026 · latest 16 Sep 2026

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