The European Union is intensifying its scrutiny of Microsoft's $13 billion investment in OpenAI. EU antitrust regulators, led by Margrethe Vestager, are seeking additional third-party views on the partnership, focusing on potential competition harm from exclusivity clauses. Under the terms of the deal, Microsoft's Azure is the exclusive cloud provider for OpenAI. Although the EU decided that the pact cannot be investigated under merger rules due to insufficient control evidence, an antitrust probe may be launched.
The European Union is escalating its scrutiny of the artificial intelligence industry, including taking a fresh look into Microsoft's multibillion-dollar partnership with OpenAI, a top EU official said Friday. Read here: https://t.co/pPSGbktgh3 https://t.co/pHyXqDBAMR
The European Union is escalating its scrutiny of the artificial intelligence industry, including taking a fresh look into Microsoft's multibillion-dollar partnership with OpenAI, a top EU official said Friday. https://t.co/RSSXBq3P0c
This week, EU regulators said they are launching an inquiry into whether the Microsoft-OpenAI mega-partnership is stifling competition. https://t.co/l08CaVGvpQ
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Brussels explores antitrust probe into Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI https://t.co/QGEHVKPUUi
EU Commission is probing Microsoft-OpenAI collaboration through the lens of competition practices and law. "Under the terms of Microsoft’s arrangement with OpenAI, Microsoft’s Azure is the exclusive cloud provider for OpenAI" https://t.co/oeJsK4nkRy
Microsoft’s $13 Billion OpenAI Pact Faces Extra EU Scrutiny: - EU to ask market rivals about Microsoft’s OpenAI ‘exclusivity’ - But regulators decided pact can’t be probed under merger rules https://t.co/E0DjNnnEHc
Microsoft’s $13 billion investment into OpenAI is set to come under added scrutiny from the EU's antitrust watchdogs https://t.co/ePar9uWeab