The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has taken preliminary steps to investigate recent partnerships made by top AI sector participants, according to an April 24 release.
The CMA invited comments on Microsoft’s partnership with Mistral AI, Amazon’s partnership with Anthropic, and Microsoft’s hiring and licensing arrangement with Inflection AI.
The antitrust agency aims to determine whether each firm’s activities “fall within UK merger rules” and their potential impact on competition. Joel Bamford, Executive Director of Mergers, said the CMA will conduct any assessment “objectively and impartially.”
The agency said a past report identified a web of more than 90 partnerships and strategic investments, some of which may not fall within merger rules.
The CMA’s current invitations to comment (ITC) do not begin a formal review. The agency has not reached any conclusions and does not necessarily have jurisdiction for further action.
The comment period has a May
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