Google, Meta, Microsoft Snubbed From US AI Competition Forum
- Antitrust enforcers from US, UK, EU to take part in workshop
- Big tech firms not on speakers list despite massive investment
Antitrust enforcers across the world have become concerned that many AI startups depend heavily on dominant tech companies for financing and infrastructure needs.
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The Biden administration’s antitrust enforcers are hosting a major event on competition in artificial intelligence Thursday, but some of the biggest names in the industry aren’t invited to speak.
Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Amazon.com Inc., Meta Platforms Inc. and Microsoft Corp. — who have raced to partner with leading AI startups like Anthropic and OpenAI Inc. through funding and cloud computing deals — are absent from the workshop. The same goes for Nvidia Corp., whose centrality to the global AI supply chain in the form of cutting-edge chips has sent its stock soaring.