Smoke and Stack: Professor Julian Wright on competition and regulation up and down the AI stack.

Professor Julian Wright from the National University of Singapore joins us to talk about competition and regulation up and down the AI stack -- from the chips to the chatbots and everything in between. Is it winner-takes-all or winner-takes most? Will the digital platforms displace the new labs? And do we need more regulation or less? Plus a competition conference is compliantly considered, Ampol/EG Australia is the first Phase 2 merger approved by the ACCC, the new-look unfair trading practices bill reaches parliament, and AI essays and encyclicals abound … All this and cinematic polycephaly with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein.    Links:   Michael B Jordan on playing identical twins Smoke and Stack in Sinners  Three-eyed animals in Train Dreams and The Secret Agent  ACCC approves Ampol's acquisition of EG Australia in first finalised Phase 2  Track the Competition and Consumer Amendment (Unfair Trading Practices) Bill 2026  Damien Charlotin's AI Hallucination Cases Database  Justice Needham, "AI and the Courts in 2025"  Pope Leo XIV's Encyclical Letter, "Magnifica Humanitas"  Prof Julian Wright, "Artificial Intelligence and Competition Policy" at ScienceDirect  Anna Goldsworthy's Quarterly Essay, "The God We Made: The Threat and Promise of Artificial Intelligence"  The Competitive Edge's cryptic crosswords, conspicuously inspired by Justice Wigney  Meet the Gilbert + Tobin Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation team  Email us at [email protected]   Support the show: https://www.gtlaw.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.