Regulators aren’t convinced that Microsoft and OpenAI operate independently
by Ashley Belanger from Ars Technica - All content on (#6HQF2)
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European Union regulators are concerned that Microsoft may be covertly controlling OpenAI as its biggest investor.
On Tuesday, the European Commission (EC) announcedthat it is currently "checking whether Microsoft's investment in OpenAI might be reviewable under the EU Merger Regulation."
The EC's executive vice president in charge of competition policy, Margrethe Vestager, said in the announcement that rapidly advancing AI technologies are "disruptive" and have "great potential," but to protect EU markets, a forward-looking analysis scrutinizing antitrust risks has become necessary.