Head of German antitrust agency: artificial intelligence may strengthen the dominant position of large enterprises

On October 10, Andreas Andreas Mundt, head of Germany's antitrust office, recently warned that artificial intelligence could further strengthen the market dominance of large technology companies and that regulators should pay close attention to any anti-competitive behavior.

Tuyuan Pixabay Mont's comments indicate widespread concern among regulators that large technology companies with huge amounts of user data may use artificial intelligence technology and gain a competitive advantage in products and services such as smart homes, web search, online advertising and cars.

Recently, Google and Microsoft have engaged in fierce competition in the field of artificial intelligence. Microsoft has invested heavily in artificial intelligence start-up OpenAI, while Google has developed Bard AI chat robots.

The popularity of artificial intelligence has prompted regulators around the world to try to introduce policies on how to use the technology. The EU plans to pass landmark artificial intelligence regulations by the end of the year.

"as a competition regulator, it is critical for us that this new technology does not further strengthen the dominance of big companies," Mont said in a recent interview. "

"the danger is very great, because artificial intelligence needs two things most-powerful servers and a lot of data," he said. Big Internet companies have both. "

Mr Mont says regulators need to ensure that the field of artificial intelligence remains open. "however, models from smaller suppliers may also become so popular that they move towards an operating system, a new platform," he added. "both directions are possible, and as regulators, we must be careful not to bury any competitive potential in the first place."