World Multimedia News📡 ReutersBy ReutersSep 25, 2026👁 4 views

LIVE: Reuters NEXT Newsmaker featuring FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson

The rapid advance of artificial intelligence is raising new questions about competition, market power and consumer protection. As AI companies race to develop and deploy increasingly powerful technologies, regulators face growing pressure to determine how existing antitrust and consumer protection laws apply to rapidly evolving markets. Under Chairman Andrew Ferguson, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission sits at the center of debates over Big Tech, AI competition, mergers, platform dominance and the future of digital regulation. Policymakers, businesses and investors are closely watching how the…