Justice Department, FTC mull antitrust investigation of OpenAI: report

OpenAI is within the crosshairs of antitrust investigators on the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission, based on a Politico report Monday.

The companies are in discussions over which can probe the ChatGPT creator and its involvement with Microsoft Corp.
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The software program large has poured greater than $10 billion into OpenAI.

The FTC began talks with the Justice Department months in the past to determine which one can assessment the matter, based on three folks with information of the matter Politico reported.

Chatter of an OpenAI probe comes amid a serious authorities crackdown on Big Tech and large affect they wield over the financial system and tradition. Generative-AI would fall beneath that class, authorized specialists assert.

Federal lawmakers are holding conferences with tech executives on the affect of synthetic intelligence, one thing that OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman has admitted is a priority throughout the firm.

The Justice Department is anticipated to sue Apple Inc.
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on anticompetitive grounds in early March after taking Alphabet Inc.’s
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Google to court docket on comparable grounds final yr. The FTC is presently investigating Amazon.com Inc.
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Source web site: www.marketwatch.com

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