Concerned about potential anticompetitive practices, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are vying for leadership in investigating the partnership.
The partnership was brought to the attention of regulators during OpenAI’s collapse in November when Microsoft briefly hired OpenAI CEO Sam Altman after he was ousted by the company’s board of directors. The incident raised concerns about Microsoft’s control over OpenAI development and its potential to stifle competition in the artificial intelligence field.
OpenAI’s grand vision to create artificial intelligence that is both benevolent and superintelligent is based on its partnership with Microsoft. The company recently launched the GPT Store to create an app store for AI, but the move has raised concerns among developers who fear they will be forced to use the market.
Termination of the partnership due to antitrust could significantly slow society’s path to superhuman artificial intelligence. The potential benefits and risks of developing this type of advanced AI continue to be hotly debated, and the findings of this research could have serious implications for the future of technology and society as a whole.
Source: Ferra
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