Microsoft rejects UK's business-software probe, citing AI advance
By Lewis Crofts ( June 23, 2026, 12:25 GMT | Insight) -- Microsoft has urged the UK's Competition and Markets Authority not to single out its business software operations for tighter regulation, arguing that it faces strong competition across all of the markets under investigation and that rapid advances in artificial intelligence are making competition more intense rather than less. The company also argues that its suite of services shouldn't be seen as a single ecosystem. Microsoft has urged the UK's antitrust watchdog not to single out its business software operations for tighter regulation, arguing that it faces strong competition across all of the markets under investigation and that rapid advances in artificial intelligence are making competition more intense rather than less....
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