{"id":2752,"date":"2024-01-11T09:59:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T01:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/?p=2752"},"modified":"2024-01-11T09:59:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T01:59:36","slug":"%e5%be%ae%e8%bd%af%e5%af%b9openai%e7%9a%84%e6%8a%95%e8%b5%84%e6%88%96%e5%bc%95%e5%8f%91%e6%ac%a7%e7%9b%9f%e5%8f%8d%e5%9e%84%e6%96%ad%e8%b0%83%e6%9f%a5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/2752.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft&#039;s investment in OpenAI could trigger EU antitrust investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to foreign media reports,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/tag\/%e5%be%ae%e8%bd%af\" title=\"[View articles tagged with [Microsoft]]\" target=\"_blank\" >Microsoft<\/a>right<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/tag\/openai\" title=\"[View articles tagged with [OpenAI]]\" target=\"_blank\" >OpenAI<\/a>The investment may lead to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/tag\/%e6%ac%a7%e7%9b%9f\" title=\"_Other Organiser\" target=\"_blank\" >European Union<\/a>The Commission&#039;s antitrust investigation. The European Commission said it is investigating agreements between digital market participants and generative AI developers and providers, focusing on potential impacts on the market. But the Commission did not disclose specific company information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-content__img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2753 size-full\" title=\"202302112107341554_1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/202302112107341554_1-e1704938347507.jpg\" alt=\"202302112107341554_1\" width=\"600\" height=\"368\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The investigation also involves whether Microsoft&#039;s investment in OpenAI needs to be reviewed under the EU Merger Regulation. Foreign media said that this review may further evolve into a formal investigation to determine whether to approve the transaction unconditionally, require the company to make concessions before approving it, or even block the transaction.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI has received several rounds of funding from Microsoft since 2019, including an initial $1 billion investment in 2019 and tens of billions of dollars in investment last year. Microsoft has invested $13 billion since 2019 and holds a stake in OpenAI49%. Most of the funds ($10 billion) were provided through the collaboration announced by the two companies in January last year.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the $13 billion investment, Microsoft also joined OpenAI&#039;s board of directors as a non-voting observer. In addition, the UK Competition and Markets Authority and the US Federal Trade Commission have also launched similar reviews to determine whether these investments comply with relevant regulations.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to external media reports, Microsoft ' s investment in OpenAI could trigger an antimonopoly investigation by the European Commission. The European Commission indicated that an investigation was under way into the agreement between digital market participants and producers and providers of generated artificial intelligence, focusing on the potential impact on the market. However, the Commission did not disclose company-specific information. The survey also addressed whether Microsoft investments in OpenAI need to be reviewed under the EU Merger Regulation. According to external sources, the review could further evolve into a formal investigation to determine whether the transaction was approved unconditionally, requiring the company to make concessions before granting it, or even preventing the transaction. OpenAI has received several rounds of financing from Microsoft since 2019, including an initial $1 billion investment in 2019 and tens of billions last year. Microsoft owns<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[146],"tags":[190,280,893],"collection":[],"class_list":["post-2752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-openai","tag-280","tag-893"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2752\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2752"},{"taxonomy":"collection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection?post=2752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}