WASHINGTON, DC – Top US antitrust enforcers are moving forward with investigations into the roles played by Microsoft, OpenAI and Nvidia in the artificial intelligence boom, according to a report on Thursday .
Antitrust regulators in Europe, Britain and now the United States have committed to taking a closer look at the industry, hoping to avoid the emergence of a single dominant player that would dictate the technology’s future. Such an agreement is a key signal that the US government is getting serious about investigating the industry.
In the latest deal, investigators from the Justice Department will be responsible for looking into Nvidia, the AI chip designer whose central role in the AI frenzy saw its market value soar above $3 trillion Thursday — higher than Apple’s.