Posted 1/19/2024, 10:40:00 PM
U.S. Regulators Consider Antitrust Investigation Into Microsoft-OpenAI Partnership Over AI Competition Concerns
- U.S. regulators may investigate Microsoft and OpenAI's partnership over antitrust concerns, which could threaten OpenAI's mission to develop AGI
- The DOJ and FTC are deciding which will lead the investigation into whether the partnership has reduced competition in AI
- Regulators started looking more closely after OpenAI's November leadership implosion and Microsoft's brief hiring of Altman
- An investigation could significantly stall progress towards superhuman AGI, which Altman needs Microsoft's resources to achieve
- OpenAI faces other challenges like lawsuits and investigations in the UK and Europe amid attempts to launch AI products and services