As you’ve probably seen, Microsoft hired (or acquired) much of the Inflection AI team this week. This news rekindled the debate around the biggest players like Microsoft, OpenAI, and Google gaining outsized power in AI. This is a fraught topic: There are valid concerns around concentration of power, the consequences for transparency, and a potential stifling of innovation. There is also ample fear-mongering. While some of the frameworks from software markets apply here, there’s also a number of differences with AI. That makes things all the more complicated.
Untangling concerns about consolidation in AI
Untangling concerns about consolidation in AI
Untangling concerns about consolidation in AI
As you’ve probably seen, Microsoft hired (or acquired) much of the Inflection AI team this week. This news rekindled the debate around the biggest players like Microsoft, OpenAI, and Google gaining outsized power in AI. This is a fraught topic: There are valid concerns around concentration of power, the consequences for transparency, and a potential stifling of innovation. There is also ample fear-mongering. While some of the frameworks from software markets apply here, there’s also a number of differences with AI. That makes things all the more complicated.