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UK competition regulator clears Alphabet’s investment in Anthropic
The U.K.’s CMA has okayed Alphabet's partnership and investment in AI rival Anthropic, concluding that it doesn't qualify for investigation.
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has okayed Alphabet’s partnership and investment in AI rival Anthropic, concluding that it doesn’t qualify for investigation under current merger regulations. However, the CMA has now said that it “does not believe that Google has acquired material influence over Anthropic as a result of the partnership.” More specifically, the CMA said that it considered whether the duo’s commercial relationship meant that Google could exert influence at the board level, and also whether a technical reliance on Google’s infrastructure (e.g. cloud computing resources) could also play a role in stymying competition. “The available evidence did not indicate that Google has the ability to exercise material influence over Anthropic through the partnership,” the CMA noted.
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