British antitrust regulators are seeking opinions on alliances between Microsoft and Amazon with less well-known creators of generative AI models. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the United Kingdom announced on Wednesday that it would be inviting comments from заинтересованные third parties regarding significant AI partnerships between Microsoft and the French AI firm Mistral, Amazon and the American startup Inflection, as well as Microsoft’s hiring of former Inflection AI employees. The CMA is looking into whether these agreements between businesses may be deemed mergers. The invitation to submit comments represents the first step in a fact-finding procedure that will precede the start of a formal Phase 1 review by the British authorities. The CMA emphasized that an invitation to comment does not constitute the initiation of the formal Phase 1 review. This developing news story is being updated.
The CMA is looking into whether these agreements between businesses may be deemed mergers. The invitation to submit comments represents the first step in a fact-finding procedure that will precede the start of a formal Phase 1 review by the British authorities. The CMA emphasized that an invitation to comment does not constitute the initiation of the formal Phase 1 review. This developing news story is being updated.
