Keep AI Open and Fair
No single company should dominate the AI landscape.
Without fair competition, AI often becomes lock-in infrastructure: expensive, rigid, and hard to leave. AP-3.2 pushes open access and portability. 1 2
What This Means
This policy means no provider should be able to trap users technically. Data, prompts, workflows, and integrations must be portable enough for real migration. Competition only works when exit is practical.
A Real-World Scenario
A clinic uses one AI platform for documentation and billing. A year later, pricing changes and export is limited to unusable proprietary format. Teams face this lock-in regularly today. With AP-3.2, standard exports and migration paths would be built in from day one.
Why It Matters to You
Lock-in hits smaller organizations first: higher costs, less leverage, and weak ability to punish poor quality. AP-3.2 keeps the market contestable by forcing vendors to compete on value, not captivity. 1 3
If We Do Nothing...
If we do nothing, lock-in becomes the default business model for AI agents and automation chains. In AGI-scale platform ecosystems, later exit becomes even more expensive because whole operations are coupled to one stack. AP-3.2 is the practical brake. 1 3
For the technically inclined
AP-3.2: Anti-Monopoly
AI development should remain accessible and competitive. No single entity should be able to establish unchallenged dominance over critical AI infrastructure or capabilities.
What You Can Do
Before adopting an AI tool, ask for standard export formats, API access, and migration support. If all paths are proprietary, lock-in risk is high.
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Sources & References
- [1] AIPolicy Policy Handbook, AP-3.2 Anti-Monopoly. https://gitlab.com/aipolicy/web-standard/-/blob/main/registry/policy-handbook.md?ref_type=heads
- [2] AIPolicy Categories: Power Distribution. https://gitlab.com/aipolicy/web-standard/-/blob/main/registry/categories.md?ref_type=heads
- [3] Stanford HAI AI Index. https://aiindex.stanford.edu/report/
- [4] UK CMA: AI Foundation Models Initial Report. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-foundation-models-initial-report
- [5] EU DMA Gatekeepers. https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/gatekeepers_en