EU to examine Microsoft, French AI Mistral partnership


The commission in January started a preliminary study of Microsoft's multi-billion-dollar investment in ChatGPT developer OpenAI to see if it could be a disguised merger. — Reuters

BRUSSELS: Microsoft's partnership with French startup Mistral AI faces inspection by EU regulators, who are already probing the world's largest digital companies' ties to AI developers, the EU said Tuesday.

Microsoft said Monday it sealed a "multi-year partnership" that would allow Mistral to use its platforms including Azure AI, which enables businesses to build apps using AI.

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