Executive summary: Regulators should review Google’s acquisition of DeepMind in 2014 and their recent internal merger in 2023, and consider breaking up Google DeepMind due to concerns about market dominance, tax avoidance, public interest, consumer harm, and national security.
Key points:
Google’s acquisition of DeepMind in 2014 avoided regulatory scrutiny due to low revenues, despite its high value.
The 2023 internal merger of DeepMind and Google Brain reduces competition and limits collaboration alternatives.
Regulators can scrutinize the mergers on grounds of market dominance, tax avoidance, public interest concerns, consumer harm, and national security.
Breaking up Google DeepMind raises questions about the UK’s future in AI and its competition with China for AI supremacy.
Historical cases like Bell Labs, Intel, and Microsoft provide insights into the potential consequences of breaking up Google DeepMind.
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Executive summary: Regulators should review Google’s acquisition of DeepMind in 2014 and their recent internal merger in 2023, and consider breaking up Google DeepMind due to concerns about market dominance, tax avoidance, public interest, consumer harm, and national security.
Key points:
Google’s acquisition of DeepMind in 2014 avoided regulatory scrutiny due to low revenues, despite its high value.
The 2023 internal merger of DeepMind and Google Brain reduces competition and limits collaboration alternatives.
Regulators can scrutinize the mergers on grounds of market dominance, tax avoidance, public interest concerns, consumer harm, and national security.
Breaking up Google DeepMind raises questions about the UK’s future in AI and its competition with China for AI supremacy.
Historical cases like Bell Labs, Intel, and Microsoft provide insights into the potential consequences of breaking up Google DeepMind.
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