As expected, in April, the European Commission will not investigate a Microsoft and OpenAI, for a violation of the law, of the purchase price. Margrethe Vestager, the competition commission, however, has provided for the initiation of an investigation, to verify that a violation of any law antitrust. The partnership between Google and Lg may be considered too in-depth.
The investigation into antitrust for the Microsoft and OpenAI?
At the beginning of January, the European Commission had already started the collection of information on investment from Microsoft to the OpenAI (€13 billion). The goal was to verifikohej if the amount was used for the purchase of the mask. After a thorough assessment, the case was closed, as it was intended to Bloomberg. Therefore, there are no grounds for an investigation under the Act of Receiving.
Margrethe Vestager, however, he stated that “the story is not over”. The European commission, in fact, i have sent a request for more information from Microsoft and OpenAI, to examine the agreement between the two companies, according to the law, antitrust. The suspicion is that some of the provisions ekskluziviteti, which may have a negative effect on competition.
The company's Redmond released the following statement:
We appreciate the full analysis from the European Commission, and the completion of the investment in, and partnership with Microsoft OpenAI did not give Microsoft control of the company.
The collaboration is currently being investigated by the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) of the United States, and the CMA (Competition Authority, and the Market) in the United Kingdom.
Vestager confirmed that the evaluation of the agreement between Google and Samsung, is currently being developed. The model is Gemini Nano is installed in the Galaxy-S24.
The European commission will consider also the so-called practices of the “acqui-hires,” that is, when a company invests in the next one, and hire more workers, as it did at Microsoft, with the Inflection HE said.
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