Musk Says FTC Concern Over Microsoft Backs His OpenAI Claims
- Billionaire points to agency report on threat to competition
- US judge will decide on request to block OpenAI restructuring
Elon Musk
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Elon Musk said in a court filing that the US Federal Trade Commission’s concern over Microsoft Corp.’s $13 billion investment in OpenAI “confirms” the billionaire’s claims that the pact between the startup and technology giant is anticompetitive.
Musk told a California federal judge that his request for an order blocking OpenAI from restructuring from a nonprofit to a for-profit company should be granted in light of the FTC’s Jan. 17 report that Microsoft is positioning itself to wield dominance in cloud computing in the fast-growing artificial intelligence market.