OpenAI says Google, Apple and Microsoft data dominance are making it difficult for company to compete

OpenAI has raised alarms with European Union (EU) antitrust regulators over what it views as potentially anti-competitive practices by major technology firms, including Alphabet’s Google, Microsoft and Apple, a report has said. The world’s largest startup took its concerns to the office of EU antitrust chief Teresa Ribera in a September 24 meeting, highlighting the “difficulties” it faces “in competing with entrenched companies.”

Citing official notes from the meeting, Bloomberg reported that OpenAI pressed watchdogs to intervene to “avoid the lock-in of customers by large platforms.”