The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled its long-awaited plans about how it wants to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) as well as promote greater data sharing throughout the European Union to stimulate further growth and competition in digital services.
Both propositions spell changes—and possibly trouble—for Big Tech firms: Any additional (and onerous) Europe-wide AI regulation may conflict with rules in other jurisdictions, while forcing firms like Amazon, Google, and Facebook to share anonymized data with smaller firms may threaten their dominant positions, as well as increase regulatory scrutiny over the way they collect, share, and sell that data in the first place.
