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AI x antitrust: EC opens abuse of dominance cases into both Meta and Google

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The European Commission has opened twin investigations into Meta’s and Google’s conduct in relation to generative AI assistants and related services. 

While both cases are at a very early stage, they indicate a broadening of the scope of the potential competition concerns the Commission is likely to examine in AI markets – which the EU Digital Markets Act’s (DMA) static rulebook appears ill-equipped to address.

What the Commission is investigating

The investigations