UK Regulators Are Looking Into Amazon and Microsoft AI PartnershipsHere’s Why [Video]

U.K. regulators said Wednesday they are looking into the potential impacts of deals made by Amazon (AMZN) and Microsoft (MSFT) related to artificial intelligence (AI) amid concerns they could hurt competition in the AI market. 

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) asked for input from third parties about partnerships involving Amazon and Anthropic, and Microsoft and France’s Mistral AI, as well Microsoft’s hiring of former employees and related arrangements with Inflection AI. 

The CMA said that it seeks to determine if those moves fall within U.K. merger rules “and the impact that these arrangements could have on competition” in the U.K.

Amazon has invested billions in Anthropic, giving Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers access to Anthropic generative AI products. The agreement between Microsoft and Mistral AI puts Mistral’s large language models (LLM) on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform.  

The CMA said it will receive comments until May 9 to determine if these partnerships …