Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren want generative AI investigated before it kills journalism

In a letter to the DOJ and FTC, eight Democratic senators raised concerns about platforms such as Google and Meta whose tools summarize content from news publishers.

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are once again raising antitrust concerns about Big Tech. This time, the heat is on new generative artificial intelligence features that summarize or use creators’ work—sometimes verbatim—to answer questions.