Will Rinehart proposes a limited antitrust carveout for AI safety
Rinehart says his draft would set terms for structured safety collaboration while keeping prices, customers and commercialization off the table.
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Will Rinehart says he filed comments with the DOJ and FTC on May 21 seeking an AI safety safe harbor—a limited carveout in antitrust law. He describes a joint OpenAI–Anthropic safety evaluation in summer 2025 as valuable, but argues that antitrust law makes deeper collaboration legally risky, especially on unreleased models. His proposal would set terms for structured safety collaboration while keeping prices, customers and commercialization off the table.
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