UK regulators want to hear from"interested third parties" on whether Microsoft and Amazon's investments in AI startups is impeding competition.
"We will provide the UK Competition and Markets Authority with the information it needs to complete its inquiries expeditiously." over its own AI dealings. However, the CMA's potential inspection of Amazon's investment will be the first of its kind in Europe.
"By investing in Anthropic, which has just released its industry-best, new Claude 3 models, we're helping make the generative AI segment more competitive than it's been the last couple years. And customers are very excited about the opportunities this collaboration is providing them.Microsoft hiring Inflection team triggers interest from EU's antitrust chief
The CMA's call for views runs until May 9, after which a Phase 1 review will take place, and must be completed within 40 working days. That may decide the partnerships don't constitute a merger situation, or do, but don't present any threat to competition.
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