Does AI need an antitrust exemption so it doesn’t kill everyone????

- Holy Kingston shrimp — the frontier AI labs (OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepMind, even Musk) are begging the government for lines on the road: no traffic lights, no speed limits, just vibes and valuations. Former DOJ antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter reads their request to "pace the frontier" generously (they truly fear extinction) and cynically (they're hemorrhaging cash pre-IPO and want state permission to stop racing). Either way: no antitrust exemption — that's a cartel wearing a safety vest. Not on the manifest! Kanter notes regulators can coordinate safety without an exemption, and strange alliances are forming — even ex-Trump AI czar David Sacks retweets Lina Khan approvingly. Trump's team mostly declines to regulate; Apple's case survives. Sign here: safety coordination gets audited, not excused. Audit trail or audit prison — the labs forget the footer, they eat the fine. Compliance theater sold separately.