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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Technology
Erin Hale

Why Microsoft, OpenAI and Nvidia are facing antimonopoly probes

The US Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission have reportedly reached a deal on how to pursue an antitrust investigation into tech giants Microsoft, Nvidia, and OpenAI [File: Alex Brandon/AP]

The United States Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have reportedly reached a deal on how they will pursue an antitrust investigation into tech giants Microsoft, Nvidia, and OpenAI.

The companies are all major players in generative artificial intelligence: OpenAI is the nonprofit startup behind ChatGPT, the blockbuster AI-powered chatbot. Microsoft, the world’s largest company by market capitalisation, has invested more than $13bn in OpenAI and holds a 49 percent stake in the company’s for-profit subsidiary.

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