Podcasts

Promoting AI Innovation Through Competition

Jun 29, 2025

We speak with Jack Corrigan, Senior Research Analyst at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), about his landmark report: Promoting AI Innovation Through Competition: A Guide to Managing Market Power.

We break down:

  • Why market concentration in AI threatens innovation, national security, and democratic governance
  • How partnerships like Microsoft + OpenAI shaped the AI ecosystem
  • What chokepoints exist across the infrastructure, model, and application layers
  • How policymakers can act now to prevent an anti-competitive future

Whether you’re a policymaker, tech strategist, or competition nerd—this conversation delivers rare insight into the next frontier of AI regulation.