A very public, successful job interview, for a while.

 

Video, from 5:40:40. 

FSM "resigned", as you heard coming back to shore.

This is now for the archives: 

[BTW
-  her very clear position on interoperability is encouraging :) here;

- the Amazon/iRobot merger in-depth investigation following the Meta ruling is going to be very interesting (but can she say anything about it as former Amazon consultant? How many years ago was it?); 

- her Consultant's stance on cloud gaming being "a nascent technology that does not yet have a compelling use case" is hopefully correct;

- wondering if this roadmap could be of any use now;

- with addictive technologies aplenty, what has antitrust ever done for us? 

- Q: has there ever been an EU Chief Competition Economist who was not a CRA consultant? A: Yes!]]

Google to explore alternatives to robots.txt in wake of generative AI and other emerging technologies

 Search Engine Land, here. 

US Court denies FTC's bid for a preliminary injunction of Microsoft's Activision deal

 Opinion here.

Virtual Worlds and Web 4.0

 EC, Factsheet here;  Communication here; Information, insights and market trends on web 4.0 and virtual worlds here; Citizens’ panel report on virtual worlds here. 

The UK Facebook/Giphy Case: Taking Dynamic Competition Seriously

 M. Walker, here. 

Dynamic Competition, Digital Ecosystems, and Competition Policy

 W. Kerber, here. 

Bundeskartellamt: Jahresbericht 2022/23

 Digitalwirtschaft, hier. 

Review of the Digital Markets, Consumer and Competition Bill

 UK Parliament, here (oral evidence). 

CMA Video, from 14:29:20 

Potential addressees 20 June 2023 - Review of the Digital Markets, Consumer and Competition Bill - Oral evidence - Committees - UK Parliamentideo  Parliamentlive.tv - Communications and Digital Committee

Furman, Marsden; Fletcher Parliamentlive.tv - Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

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(Over)simplifying the "AI control" debate?

"Opening up isn’t altruistic – Meta believes it’s in *her* best interest", writes the Head of Global Affairs at Meta in the FT. Barricading what might have been open was the key to digging digital moats and flexing market power muscles. Before succumbing to the rather misleading term "contestability", in the discussions on the DMA the focus was precisely on "openness and fairness". That's how Big Tech has played the digital competition game. And what does the future hold? 

Waiting to read Meredith Whittaker & Co-authors on this.