Trump Administration Considers Antitrust Guidance Update to Facilitate AI Safety Coordination

The Trump administration is exploring whether to update interagency antitrust guidance to permit competing AI companies to coordinate on cybersecurity and safety threats without legal liability. Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward announced the initiative on September 17, 2026, at Fordham University, signaling that the DOJ does not view AI safety collaboration as inherently anticompetitive—a statement that could reshape how frontier model developers approach shared security challenges.