Tuesday, December 09, 2025

Surveillance pricing, perfected (?)

 More PerfectUnion, here.

That may be the word of the year: turbulence.

 T. Ribera, here.

How People Use AI Agents

 Perplexity, here.

EU Probes Google Over Use of Online Content to Power AI

 WSJ, here

Laid-back piece by Edith. Exercise in gauging in which way the breeze (gale?) is blowing? 

The age-old saying “the devil is in the details” may not have been devised with the drafting of an antitrust remedies judgment in mind, but it sure does fit

 Judge Mehta, here

The DMA Lab #1: DMA Review | DMA & Geopolitics | Goals, Cases: with René Repasi & Niklas Brüggemann

 Here

We've been playing ourselves with the idea of a DMA Lab for more than a year...Competition! 

[We didn't hear about Panelists/Hosts' conflicts of interest - no professional involvement, such as representing clients, at all?] 

Commission opens investigation into possible anticompetitive conduct by Google in the use of online content for AI purposes



EC, here

[NotebookLM's own DeepDive here, just for fun]

In our Article 19 Report we discussed this and how it could eventually translate into a DMA obligation here.   

I'd add another aspect, if I may 😉: downstream products like NotebookLM having exclusive access to YouTube videos to produce content? Perhaps not a copyright infringement (derivative?) but what about competition in downstream markets for AI-related products? 


The Slingshot, with Tim Wu

Here.  

AI Antitrust Amnesty in the US - What about in the EU?

 In the US, here

I posed the question this morning and received an answer within 30 minutes. That was efficient, thank you!

Pay Attention to How You Pay Attention

 E.Klein, here. 

Commonwealth Bank pays penalties and offers redress for alleged breaches of Consumer Data Right Rules

 ACCC, here