Microsoft Faces EU Pressure But Avoids UK Probe
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The EU is concerned that Bing's AI features could impact elections, while the UK's CMA has decided not to investigate Microsoft's partnership with Mistral AI.
The EU has Microsoft on its regulatory radar, as it has sent the company a legally binding request for information about Bing's generative AI features.
The European Commission said this request for information is based on suspicions that Bing may have breached the Digital Services Act (DSA) due to risks linked to generative AI. These risks include AI hallucinations', the viral spread of deepfakes and the automated manipulation of services that can mislead voters".
[...] Meanwhile, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has opted to not investigate Microsoft's partnership with the start-up Mistral AI.
Microsoft backed the French unicorn earlier this year as part of a multi-year partnership" to boost its Azure cloud computing platform with AI. But the CMA had concerns around whether the agreements between the two companies qualified as a merger deal.
As part of that effort, the CMA looked into the minority investment deals agreed by Microsoft and Mistral. The regulator had concerns that the links between the two companies could impact competition within the UK.
But in a brief statement released today (17 May), the CMA decided that Microsoft's partnership with Mistral AI does not qualify for investigation" under the merger provisions in the UK.
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