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Regulators aren’t convinced that Microsoft and OpenAI operate independently (arstechnica.com)

submitted 10 months ago by GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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European Union regulators are concerned that Microsoft may be covertly controlling OpenAI as its biggest investor.

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[–] Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It's about the EU regulators. It's notable that they don't seem to have any concerns about Google, despite Google being exponentially worse.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There's constantly ongoing investigations into Google: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antitrust_cases_against_Google_by_the_European_Union

I definitely also wish, they would restrict Google and more quickly, but them not having any concerns about Google, that's just not true.

[–] wikibot@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Here's the summary for the wikipedia article you mentioned in your comment:

Since 2010, the European Union has investigated several antitrust complaints against Google alleging abuses of its dominant position in breach of the EU's competition laws. Three complaints have resulted in formal charges against Google: those relating to Google Shopping, the Android operating system and to Google AdSense. Google has been found guilty of antitrust breaches in the three cases and has been fined over €8 billion. In 2020, the European Union has also launched a full investigation of Google's proposed acquisition of the fitness tracker and wearable health company Fitbit, under the EU Merger Regulation. The operation was eventually cleared on 17 December 2020 subject to conditions.

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[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You know EU regulators can do multiple things at once and that investigations take time and tend to be secret until they are ready to act.

[–] Kbin_space_program@kbin.social -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Eh they're politicians. I'm impressed if they can tie their shoes without a bribe.

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

EU regulators aren't politicians, they're bureaucrats. The anti-trust office in particular is special because it's practically the oldest EU institution, getting their start in the ECSC as regulators of a trade cartel, brutally cracking down on internal collusion both because presence of such practices weakens the whole and to make sure that national cartels are broken up, the very founding idea of the ECSC was to intertwine coal and steel industries so that internal war would become impossible because no individual nation actually had control over that sector.