Unlock Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor-in-chief of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Microsoft has given up its seat as an observer on OpenAI’s board of directors, while Apple will not take a similar position, amid increasing scrutiny by international regulators over Big Tech’s investments in AI startups. Microsoft, … Read more
Topline Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta broke Europe’s strict digital competition rules by forcing users to “pay or consent” to share personal data, the European Commission said Monday. The breach could cost the company billions of dollars and comes just a week after the powerful regulator clamped down on iPhone giant Apple for stifling … Read more
Enlarge / EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager said the bloc is investigating practices that could lead to one company controlling a larger share of the AI market. Brussels is preparing for an antitrust investigation into Microsoft’s $13 billion investment in OpenAI, after the European Union decided not to proceed with a merger investigation into the … Read more
Unlock Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor-in-chief of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. Brussels is preparing for an antitrust investigation into Microsoft’s $13 billion investment in OpenAI, after the EU decided not to investigate a merger of the most powerful alliance in the artificial intelligence sector. The European Commission, … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. The top US antitrust enforcer will look at the artificial intelligence sector “with urgency” after concerns that power over the transformative technology is being concentrated among a few deep-pocketed players. Jonathan Kanter said in an … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to break up Live Nation-Ticketmaster in an antitrust case accusing the company of abusing monopolistic power in the live entertainment industry. The DoJ, along with 30 U.S. state … Read more