Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Anhropic, OpenAI: practically every major tech company is interested in generative AI or has built a business on it It is now under the supervision of the Federal Trade Commission in the United States. The research has begun and at the center of every major alliance and investment that has occurred in the field of AI.
An investigation gives the FTC absolute power to request filings and reports and ask questions of all kinds about companies, according to biography CNBC And New York times.
The investigation comes as Microsoft has benefited greatly from its alliance with OpenAI, with its shares rising nearly 10% in the space of one month. Its high valuation has made it a competitor to Apple, and it has more than once in recent weeks snatched its position as the most valuable company on the planet.
Artificial intelligence, under the magnifying glass
This sounds like one of the typical jobs the FTC has: looking for acquisitions that, in one way or another, give tech companies some glimmer of an advantage over their competitors. Hence, the FTC started earlier research And even File a lawsuit against Meta For its acquisition of Instagram, and more recently, Xbox for the release of Activision Blizzard.
As he pointed out New York timesMicrosoft is also being investigated by the UK regulator looking into whether competition in the AI sector could be affected by the alliance with OpenAI. The European Commission has also shown interest in this issue, although it has not announced any final measures.
In Mexico, there is no evidence that Microsoft or Google had requirements from any federal authority regarding their use of artificial intelligence.
