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Microsoft's OpenAI partnership could face EU antitrust probe
- blackeyeblitzar 3y agoIt seems like there is a renewed focus on the outsized power of big tech companies, and their anti competitive practices. Microsoft recently made some changes by unbundling Teams from the rest of Office, although I would say that is years too late and the damage has already been done. But now, they’re facing new scrutiny on their work on AI. Note that the partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI was previously under antitrust scrutiny from US and UK regulators (https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-antitrust-regulator-considering-microsoft-openai-partnership-2023-12-08/ https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-antitrust-regulator-cons...), while this new development is from EU regulators. The US FTC has also been examining the partnerships between OpenAI, Anthropic, and multiple big tech companies (https://www.reuters.com/technology/ftc-launches-inquiry-into-generative-ai-investments-partnerships-2024-01-25/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/ftc-launches-inquiry-into...). Microsoft also hired several people from Inflection (https://apnews.com/article/microsoft-hires-suleyman-ai-services-3e56e7ace8eb5664f4239e7f9c92e7d5 https://apnews.com/article/microsoft-hires-suleyman-ai-servi...) and I suspect this will also be examined by regulators.
- rvz 3y agoWe’ll see what happens next.