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Published by the Open Markets Institute, a U.S.-based anti-monopoly think tank; relevant for AI governance discussions around market concentration, regulatory capture, and structural prerequisites for safer, more accountable AI development.
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This Open Markets Institute report examines how the concentration of AI capabilities among a handful of large technology companies poses structural risks to democracy, competition, and the public interest. It argues that monopolistic control over AI infrastructure, data, and compute enables these firms to shape AI development in ways that serve private interests over societal welfare. The report calls for antitrust enforcement, public investment in AI infrastructure, and structural reforms to democratize AI.
Key Points
- •A small number of Big Tech firms (Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta) dominate AI infrastructure including cloud compute, data, and foundational models, creating dangerous concentration.
- •Monopoly control over AI enables incumbents to capture regulatory processes and shape governance frameworks to entrench their market positions.
- •The report advocates for antitrust action, interoperability requirements, and public alternatives to prevent permanent private lock-in of critical AI infrastructure.
- •Concentration in AI risks amplifying existing inequalities and reducing diversity of AI approaches, limiting safety research and accountability mechanisms.
- •Proposes structural remedies including breaking up dominant platforms, creating public AI compute resources, and mandating open access to key datasets.
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Report | AI in the Public Interest: Confronting the Monopoly Threat
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Big Tech is already positioned to control the future of AI and exacerbate existing problems of the digital age
Competition policy, rigorously applied to AI, will ensure AI benefits the public, not just large corporations
The Open Markets Institute and the Center for Journalism and Liberty at Open Markets on November 15, 2023, published a major new report, “AI in the Public Interest: Confronting the Monopoly Threat.” The report shows how just a handful of Big Tech companies – by exploiting existing monopoly power and aggressively co-opting other actors – have already positioned themselves to control the future of artificial intelligence and magnify many of the worst problems of the digital age.
These problems include the spread of misinformation and distortion of political debate, the decline of news and journalism, the undermining of compensation for creative work, exploitation of workers an
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