Microsoft, NVIDIA, and others frequently caught in antitrust investigations, why does the AI field trigger competition concerns?

The emergence of ChatGPT has ignited the heat in the artificial intelligence race. While major manufacturers are competing to layout the AI business landscape, major competition regulators are also showing high levels of attention to this. In particular, the cooperation between tech giants such as Microsoft, Google, NVIDIA, and AI startups is facing strict antitrust scrutiny in Europe and the United States. Why does the AI field trigger competition concerns? Recently, at the 2024 National Fair Competition Conference held in Wuhan, representatives of competition enforcement agencies mentioned that AI may lead to market power concentrating in the hands of a very small number of participants. Some participants also expressed that the current AI market is still in its early stages, making it difficult to predict future market competition changes. However, there is growing concern that a few large technology companies with capital, data, and infrastructure may use their competitive advantages to set barriers to entry in the basic production elements of AI, hindering market innovation