Microsoft’s multibillion-dollar OpenAI partnership examined by UK watchdog
Microsoft's multibillion-dollar partnership with ChatGPT maker OpenAI might face investigation by the UK's competitors regulator.The tech big is a significant investor and strengthened ties following the chatbot's wildly profitable launch in November 2022, committing one other $10bn (£7.9bn) earlier this yr.
It is reported to personal a 49% stake in the corporate, which is on the forefront of synthetic intelligence growth.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) desires to overview whether or not the partnership has led to an acquisition of management, if a de facto merger has taken place, and if this might impression competitors.It has requested events - which might embrace rivals like Google - to touch upon the association with a view to probably launching an investigat...