Morning Briefing 2023-08-24

Executive Summary: The Federal Trade Commission has been taking aim at tech giants, with investigations targeting Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft. It’s also out to prevent big tech companies generally from using AI to gain unfair advantages and from buying their way into market dominance by acquiring smaller companies. Jackie examines where FTC Chair Lina Khan is leading the agency. … And in our Disruptive Technologies segment, a look at scientists’ nascent efforts to harness the power of fusion to generate energy in the hopes that it can someday replace the burning of fossil fuels.