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OpenAI able to act freely of Microsoft, UK's CMA says in probe text

By Jon Menon ( April 15, 2025, 16:05 GMT | Insight) -- OpenAI was able to engage in commercial strategies independently of Microsoft, suggesting that the US software giant didn’t have effective control of the artificial intelligence startup, the UK antitrust regulator said in the full text of its earlier decision to approve the partnership. The Competition and Markets Authority in March decided that the partnership, which has seen Microsoft invest $13 billion in OpenAI, didn't meet the criteria to qualify for a merger review.OpenAI was able to engage in commercial strategies independently of Microsoft, suggesting that the US software giant didn’t have actual control of the artificial intelligence startup, the UK antitrust regulator said in the full text of its earlier decision to approve the partnership....

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