AI Monopolies V. Sovereign Nations: Big Tech’s Algorithmic Dominance
- IJLLR Journal
- 4 days ago
- 1 min read
Ankit Raj
ABSTRACT
Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents transformative opportunities alongside profound ethical and legal challenges, particularly in antitrust domains where Big Tech monopolies leverage AI to entrench dominance, manipulate markets, and challenge sovereign governance. This paper examines the ethical implications of AI, focusing on bias, accountability, and transparency, and evaluates legislative efforts to foster responsible AI development and their governance. It critically analyzes implications of algorithmic collusion, antitrust issues, data access barriers for smaller competitors, and AI-driven strategic manipulation, with a special emphasis on Big Tech’s deep influence. Case studies of Big Techs illustrate how AI- driven content moderation and market strategies can clash with sovereign regulatory frameworks and eradicate market competition, raising questions about state authority versus tech giants’ power. The paper argues that unchecked AI deployment by Big-Tech risks subjugating democratic governance through opaque algorithms and data monopolies, exacerbating market inequities and societal harms. While global legislative efforts, such as India’s Digital Competition Bill and the EU’s Digital Market Act, GDPR and AI Act, aim to curb these risks, enforcement lags behind AI’s rapid evolution. Therefore, the paper advances a regulatory framework, “Doctrine of Proportionally Smart Governance”, to promote innovation while protecting constitutionalism and safeguarding the concept of equal sovereignty.
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Sovereignty, Algorithm, AI Regulation, Anthropic, Cloud Jurisdiction, DPDP Act, AI Act, Dark Pattern, Autonomous Weapon Liability From Disruption to Domination.
