Ilia Kolochenko, CEO at ImmuniWeb and a member of the Europol Information Safety Specialists Community (EDEN), stated that the Fee’s choice to open an investigation is one other instance of the escalating rigidity between the US and Europe within the digital area. “Whereas the query of the place Google takes the info for AI coaching and whether or not this course of is lawful is extraordinarily necessary for each the EU and US, the present American coverage on AI is kind of libertarian and pro-innovation amid the worldwide race for AI supremacy. Subsequently, any additional regulatory probes in opposition to American firms in Europe, nonetheless justified they may be below the enacted regulation, will fairly unlikely get any help from the US, to place it mildly.”
Martin Neale, CEO of laptop consultancy ICS.AI, stated that the transfer by the Fee might assist to supply European enterprises with extra choices. “From a European perspective we now do have credible alternate options, from open-weight gamers like France’s Mistral via to specialist multi-model platforms,” he stated.
There’s no authorized deadline for concluding an antitrust investigation, the Fee stated.
