Jon Stewart: Apple Asked Me Not to Interview FTC Chair or Discuss AI

Stewart made the remarks while interviewing Khan on “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, which he now hosts every Monday. Khan, a committed antitrust crusader, has turned the FTC into a much more aggressive regulator of excessive corporate consolidation.

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“I got to tell you, I wanted to have you on a podcast. And Apple asked us not to do it — to have you,” Stewart told Khan. “They literally said, ‘Please don’t talk to her.’” ...

“They wouldn’t let us do even that dumb thing we just did in the first act on AI. Like, what is that sensitivity? Why are they so afraid to even have these conversations out in the public sphere?” he asked Khan.

Ed Morrissey

The answer is rather obvious, no? Those issues conflicted with Apple's business interests, especially in the way Khan would have framed the debate around them -- and did. It's not really a mystery.

It does serve as an example of the dangers of overconsolidation, but also evidence that it's not quite as dire a situation as Khan paints it -- yet. Stewart found another platform for the discussion instead, which is a sign that the marketplace is still working to a significant extent. 

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