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PODCAST · 21 OCTOBER 2026

Could AI Agents Upend Antitrust? (Podcast)

As artificial intelligence agents begin operating autonomously in business environments, a fundamental question emerges: what happens when AI systems coordinate pricing or business strategies across competing companies without human knowledge or intent? The century-old framework of antitrust law, built on concepts of human conspiracy and intent, faces unprecedented challenges as agentic AI threatens to blur the lines between legal competitive intelligence and illegal collusion.

United StatesAntitrust/Competition Law

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The following transcript of this discussion was edited for clarity.

Bob Mertz: Hi everybody, I’m Bob Mertz and this is Forces of Law. It’s a new podcast from Goodwin about the big forces shaping business right now. Welcome to our very first episode. Today, we’re talking about the future of antitrust law as we move into the AI era. If you’re in business, you’ve got to start thinking about this.

I’m sure you’ve been following the headlines lately about AI agents starting to act in unexpected ways. Well, what happens if agents collaborate to set prices and businesses don’t even know about it? Agentic AI is about to make things a lot more complicated for companies and courts.

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