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Comment: Probes into Amazon, Google, Microsoft AI partnerships by Brazil's CADE are latest effort to scrutinize Big Tech

By Flavia Fortes and Maria Julia Baumert ( August 30, 2024, 22:38 GMT | Comment) -- The Brazilian competition authority has launched investigations into whether it should review partnerships entered into by Amazon, Google and Microsoft with artificial intelligence companies, marking its latest action involving Big Tech firms. The probes could result in gun-jumping fines for the companies, but because the transactions involve investments and partnerships instead of outright acquisitions, the bar is higher for the agency to take stronger enforcement actions. In 2020, CADE launched a probe into past tech deals, but officials ultimately said they didn't find any transactions from the past 10 years that should have received further scrutiny.The Brazilian competition authority has launched investigations into whether it should review partnerships entered into by Amazon, Google and Microsoft with artificial intelligence companies, marking its latest action involving Big Tech firms....

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