Microsoft Avoids UK Antitrust Investigation Into Acquisition Of 'Certain Assets' From Inflection AI
Microsoft Avoids UK Antitrust Investigation Into Acquisition Of 'Certain Assets' From Inflection AI
Satya Nadella-led Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) has managed to avoid a comprehensive U.K. probe into its recruitment of staff from startup Inflection AI.
由Satya Nadella領導的微軟公司（NASDAQ：MSFT）成功避免了針對其從初創公司Inflection AI招聘員工的全面英國調查。
What Happened: On Wednesday, the Competition and Markets Authority or CMA said that while Microsoft's acquisition of "certain assets" from Inflection does represent a "relevant merger situation" in the U.K., it does not anticipate a "substantial lessening of competition" due to this action, reported CNBC.
消息稱：英國競爭和市場管理局（CMA）在週三表示，雖然微軟從Inflection收購"某些資產"在英國確實構成了"相關合並情況"，但由於此舉，CMA並不預計會出現"實質性地減少競爭"，這是CNBC報道的。
The CMA initially referred Microsoft's recruitment of Inflection talent for a merger investigation in July, evaluating the potential for a "substantial lessening of competition" within the AI sector.
根據報道，CMA最初在7月將微軟對Inflection人才的招聘提交進行合併調查，評估了在人工智能領域內出現"實質性地減少競爭"的可能性。
However, after assessment, the CMA found no risk of such an outcome, while asserting that the agreement constituted an effective merger, the report noted.
然而，經過評估，CMA發現沒有發生這種結果的風險，同時指出該協議構成了有效的合併。
While Microsoft has not publicly revealed any details of a licensing arrangement with Inflection, it is known that the tech giant incorporated several members of Inflection's 70-person team.
雖然微軟沒有公開透露與Inflection的許可安排的任何細節，但人們知道這家科技巨頭吸納了Inflection的70人團隊的幾位成員。
Meanwhile, the CMA is also conducting a separate investigation into Microsoft's multibillion-dollar investment in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI. In April 2024, the EU said that Microsoft's about $13 billion investment in OpenAI will not face a formal investigation by their merger regulators.
與此同時，CMA還在對微軟投資ChatGPt-maker OpenAI的數十億美元進行單獨的調查。2024年4月，歐盟表示，微軟對OpenAI的約130億美元投資不會受到其合併監管機構的正式調查。
CMA is also examining whether the partnership between Amazon.com Inc. and AI firm Anthropic qualifies as a merger that could potentially harm competition, the report noted.
報道指出，CMA還正在調查亞馬遜與人工智能公司Anthropic之間的合作是否符合可能損害競爭的合併條件。
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Why It Matters: Microsoft announced the recruitment of Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of Google DeepMind and Inflection, along with several other key Inflection employees in March 2024.
爲什麼重要：微軟在2024年3月宣佈招聘谷歌DeepMind和Inflection共同創始人Mustafa Suleyman以及其他幾名重要的Inflection員工。
Suleyman was named as the company's executive vice president and CEO of Microsoft AI, a new division concentrating on AI products. This development was seen as Microsoft's strategic move to diversify its AI risk.
Suleyman被任命爲該公司的執行副總裁兼微軟AI部門首席執行官，該部門致力於人工智能產品。這一發展被視爲微軟分散人工智能風險的戰略舉措。
While the CMA has cleared the tech giant in this regard, Microsoft is also under FTC investigation.
儘管英國競爭與市場管理局(CMA)已經就該問題解除對該科技巨頭的限制，微軟仍在接受美國聯邦貿易委員會(FTC)的調查。
In July, Microsoft reported its fourth-quarter earnings highlighting a 21% YoY increase in cloud revenue, with the company highlighting its commitment to leading the AI era.
7月，微軟發佈了其第四季度業績，強調雲服務收入同比增長21％，並強調其致力於引領人工智能時代的承諾。
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