FTC, after reviewing comments, promises to enforce against anticompetitive cloud practices linked to AI

Federal Trade Commission staff reviewing public comments solicited on cloud computing said generative artificial intelligence emerged as a major “theme,” validating the commission’s identification of cloud services as a “key input” to be addressed for ensuring competition thrives as the technology continues to emerge.

“As the Bureau of Competition and Office of Technology recently observed in a [June] blog post, competition for cloud services has the ability to impact competition for AI technology,” Krisha Cerilli, deputy assistant director of...