The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a formal investigation into Amazon's multibillion-dollar investment in the US artificial intelligence firm Anthropic. The probe aims to determine whether the partnership could potentially harm competition in the UK.
The U.K.'s antitrust watchdog agency announced a formal investigation into Amazon's (AMZN) artificial intelligence (AI) partnership with Anthropic, making it the latest in the series of government antitrust agencies to scrutinize the relationships between big tech companies and AI startups.
Britain's Competition and Markets Authority has opened a Phase 1 investigation into Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN)'s partnership with artificial intelligence company Anthropic. It follows an initial invitation to comment on the partnership, which will see Amazon become Anthropic's primary cloud-computing provider for certain applications.
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Amazon's multibillion-dollar investment into U.S. artificial intelligence frim Anthropic is formally being investigated by U.K. competition regulators.
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The U.K.'s antitrust regulator has confirmed that it's carrying out a formal antitrust investigation into Amazon's ties with Anthropic, after Amazon recently completed a $4 billion investment into the AI startup.
Britain's competition watchdog said on Thursday it has initiated a probe into Amazon's AI partnership with Anthropic, days after it launched a similar enquiry into Alphabet's partnership with the startup.
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