Category: AI Providers
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Anthropic “blindsided” by proposed U.S. Google AI investment ban, seeks to participate in DOJ antitrust suit
Forcing Google to divest its investment in AI firms could seriously impact Anthropic’s ability to develop new products and remain competitive in the tight race at the AI frontier, Anthropic has complained.
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Sam Altman says some other European countries should follow French example: op-ed for French newspaper on eve of Paris AI Action Summit
Context: Tomorrow (Monday, February 10, 2025), will be the first day (and industry stakeholder day) of the Paris AI Action Summit (event website) hosted by the government of France in partnership with that of India. On the second day, the heads of state and government of many countries will join. A draft statement for the…
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South Korea becomes latest country to block DeepSeek over privacy concerns
The Chinese AI platform also faces blocks in Italy, Taiwan, and Australia, as well as allegations of IP infringement by U.S. rival OpenAI.
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Indian publishers seek to join copyright infringement suit against OpenAI, first Delhi High Court hearing tomorrow
The Federation of Indian Publishers has filed India’s second high-profile action against OpenAI, alleging it has used its members’ copyright-protected work to train its ChatGPT service.
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Adjustments to Microsoft-OpenAI partnership and Stargate launch mean more openness, (even) less reason for competition concern
Context: Various antitrust authorities have recently been looking into strategic partnerships between large technology companies (particularly, but not exclusively, cloud service providers) and AI providers. The UK Competition & Markets Authority (CMA), which is presently undergoing a leadership change because the UK government is worried about the implications of the agency’s regulatory zeal for economic…
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German music rights collecting society sues Suno over infringement of copyrights in world-famous compositions
Context: A couple of months ago, German music rights collecting society GEMA sued OpenAI in the Landgericht München I (Munich I Regional Court), alleging the AI provider’s infringement of song lyrics by GEMA’s members (November 14, 2024 ai fray article). At a subsequent press conference, GEMA explained in further detail the reasons for that enforcement…
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FTC releases Staff Report on AI Partnerships & Investments: collection of information and innuendo with unclear contours
Just prior to the transition of power in Washington, D.C., the Federal Trade Commission released a staff report on AI partnerships.
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“We want Britain to shape the AI revolution”: UK government publishes AI action plan
The new plan will make the UK “irresistible” to AI firms and includes changes such as encouraging public and private data licensing, and reforming the UK text and data mining regime so it is “at least as competitive as the EU”, British government says.
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Korea’s antitrust watchdog issues GenAI competition report, mulls merger control regime amendments
The Korea Fair Trade Commission landmark report raises concerns about Big Tech partnerships in AI, including Microsoft’s hiring of Inflection employees in March this year.