The UK Competition and Markets Authority earlier took action against Microsoft for hiring former Inflection AI employees to gain access to its artificial intelligence technology.InvestigationThe first phase of the investigation is expected to end on September 9 this year, at which time the results of the investigation will be used to assess whether to conduct a more in-depth investigation.
According to the UK Competition and Markets Authority, Microsoft appears to have hired former Inflection AI employees, such as the co-founder of DeepMind and Inflection AI.Mustafa Suleyman, making him the executive vice president of Microsoft's artificial intelligence department instead of choosing to directly acquire the company to obtain technology. It seems that he is deliberately avoiding antitrust investigations. Therefore, the investigation will clarify whether it constitutes a market monopoly.
Microsoft issued a statement saying that it is strengthening its technological competitiveness by recruiting talent, and also stated that it will cooperate with the UK Competition and Markets Authority's investigation and provide the required information.
In addition to being investigated by the UK Competition and Markets Authority, Microsoft was previously investigated by the Federal Trade Commission in the US market to determine whether its partnership with OpenAI has created a monopoly in the development of artificial intelligence technology. In the EU market, it is also facing accusations of using Microsoft Teams services.Create market monopoly.
