"There is a recognition that, with the onset of Web 2.0, there were missed opportunities," Khan says BruxConf2024. "There was a sense that...it's better for the govt just to step back and get out of the way. Two decades on, we're still reeling from the ramifications of that."

“Industry has been taking the term AI and reframed it to only mean large models when these aren’t even profitable. Search is AI - but companies don’t want you to think of it as AI” Joanna J Bryson BruxConf2024

The Commission feels they are "humble enforcers." Thankfully, @johnnyryan.bsky.social reminded them that they should not be humble, as the other side will possibly go as far as allowed to employ tricks to escape their DMA duties. BruxConf2024

Antitrust, digital regulation, and industrial policy are different tools with one single aim: to make sure that markets serve the people, instead of narrow commercial interests. BruxConf2024 by Cristina Caffarra & The Capitol Forum was the place to be today in Brussels.

Closing out our final panel of the day with a great cast of speakers.

And that's a wrap! 40+ speakers, attendees from 30+ countries and 10+ hours of discussion moderated by the incomprable Cristina Caffarra

300+ posts later, we’re wrapping up today’s coverage from the BruxConf2024! Thanks for following along and joining us. It was a great event, made that much better by all attendees, in-person and remote!

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