Is monopoly on the artificial intelligence market?

Following the expansion of large technology companies’ collaboration with artificial intelligence startups, two US Democratic senators from Google and Microsoft called for clarification on the details of these partnerships. According to them, these collaborations may restrict competition in the emerging artificial intelligence industry and violate counter -laws in the United States.

Elizabeth Warren, Senator Massachusetts, and Oregon State Senator Ron Widen, who are senior members of the Senate Banking and Financial Committees, respectively, asked Microsoft about his cooperation with the Anthropic startup and Microsoft about his relationship with OpenAI.

“We are worried that corporate partnerships in the artificial intelligence sector will weaken competition, bypass counter -laws and reduce options and increase prices for businesses and consumers who use artificial intelligence tools,” the letter said.

Google and Microsoft spokesmen have not yet responded to these letters. In their letter, the senators have called for clarification on the amount of artificial intelligence startups to cloud service providers, a possible exclusive right to use artificial intelligence models, and Google and Microsoft’s possible applications.

Earlier, the US Federal Commerce Commission (FTC) had published a report on cooperation between Microsoft and Openai, Amazon and Anthropic, as well as Google and Anthropic, which reflected some of the similar concerns. In some contracts, the report shows that artificial intelligence startups should make important decisions with their cloud provider. Also, at least one of these agreements, the AI ​​does not allow a new model to launch a new model without its coordination and through its partner cloud platform.

These interventions have raised serious dangers about the concentration of power and the restriction of the competitive environment in one of the most sensitive areas of technology, an area that is set to shape the future of the global economy.