With all the antitrust/Big Tech news swirling around, I've seen a lot of confusion on here about how antitrust works. People are making the same mistakes over and over. We can do better! Here's a quick, easy illustrated guide to avoid the 5 most common mistakes: Mistake #1: "These other products compete with the Defendant's products, so they must all be in the same market."

Fixing the Mistake:

If we abandon public research funding, then we will increasingly let Big Tech incumbents steer the direction of genAI innovation. One problem? Most of them already control highly profitable cloud services, which biases them toward inefficient compute-heavy tech. Short 🧵 (1/x) GenAI has the potential to be a general-use technology. That means whole ecosystems will grow up around whatever foundational tech/business model catches on and takes root. (Like how the surveillance adtech industry grew up around the zero-price targeted-ad biz model.) (2/x)

AAG Jonathan Kanter sent shockwaves thru the antitrust community yesterday by calling out corporate-funded advocacy dressed up as scholarship. I've seen a thing or two, but a recent experience w/ this left me shook. Check it out: 🧵 (1/x) Earlier this year, the pro-enforcement community was surprised and upset when Google got an invite to address the California Law Review Commission on whether the state’s antitrust laws need updating.