Microsoft’s deal with Mistral AI raises flag in European Union

The European Union is looking into Microsoft’s partnership with French startup Mistral AI as part of its broader review of the booming generative artificial intelligence sector to see if it raises any competition concerns.

The 27-nation bloc’s executive commission said Tuesday in a brief statement that it’s analyzing the agreement between the two companies announced a day earlier. Microsoft declined to comment. Mistral did not respond to a request for comment.Microsoft said Monday it was teaming up with Mistral through a 15 million euro ($16 million) investment in the French company, which emerged less than a year ago. The agreement could cut the U.S. software giant’s reliance on ChatGPT-maker OpenAI for supplying the next wave of chatbots and other generative AI products.The commission, the EU’s top antitrust enforcer, said it’s including the deal as part of its broader review of the generative AI market. It’s examining agreements between digital tech giants and generative AI developers and providers.The EU last month started looking into Microsoft’s multibillion deal with San Francisco-based OpenAI, which could lead to a formal merger investigation.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91039416/microsofts-deal-mistral-ai-raises-flag-european-union?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss

Creată 1y | 27 feb. 2024, 15:40:03


Autentifică-te pentru a adăuga comentarii

Alte posturi din acest grup

‘The /r/overemployed king’: A serial moonlighter was exposed for holding 19 jobs at Silicon Valley startups

A software engineer became X’s main character last week after being outed as a serial moonlighter at multiple Silicon Valley startups.

“PSA: there’s a guy named Soham Parekh (in India) w

8 iul. 2025, 22:20:04 | Fast company - tech
Texas flood recovery efforts face an unexpected obstacle: drones

The flash floods that have devastated Texas are already a difficult crisis to manage. More than 100 people are confirmed dead

8 iul. 2025, 17:40:02 | Fast company - tech
The internet is trying—and failing—to spend Elon Musk’s $342 billion

How would you spend $342 billion?

A number of games called “Spend Elon Musk’s Money” have been popping up online, inviting users to imagine how they’d blow through the

8 iul. 2025, 15:20:07 | Fast company - tech
What happened at Wimbledon? ‘Human error’ blamed for ball-tracking tech mishap

The All England Club, somewhat ironically, is blaming “human error” for a glaring mistake by the electronic

8 iul. 2025, 15:20:04 | Fast company - tech