Microsoft Investigated by UK Over Ex-Inflection Staff Hires
- CMA said it needs to look further at the firm’s partnership
- Watchdog is taking closer order of Big Tech investment into AI
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Microsoft Corp.’s investment into Inflection AI will get a full-blown UK antitrust probe, after the watchdog said it needed to take a closer look at the hiring of former employees from the artificial intelligence startup.
The Competition and Markets Authority said Tuesday it was opening the formal phase one merger probe into the partnership, setting a Sept. 11 deadline on whether to escalate it to an in-depth investigation.