Microsoft has gained access to OpenAI's cutting edge models and rights to share OpenAI's profits in return for the investment, which is under antitrust scrutiny in both EU and the U.S.

The deal will result in CISPE withdrawing its complaint to the EU's competition department. CISPE had alleged that Microsoft was making it challenging for customers to switch cloud providers by ...

EU antitrust regulators will seek additional third-party views on the partnership between Microsoft (MSFT) and OpenAI as well as Google's (GOOGL) artificial intelligence deal with Samsung for ...

May 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM ET: Microsoft is reportedly likely to avoid an antitrust fine from the EU.The tech giant unbundled Teams from Office in 2023 and adjusted prices to further differentiate ...

Some suspect that Microsoft's free trials might amount to illegal gratuities, but the company considers it a "100 percent discount" added to pre-existing contracts.

Apple, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and other companies will face more scrutiny in 2025. Whether it ends up benefitting the customers in the long run remains to be seen.

BRUSSELS — The European Commission plans to look into Microsoft's new partnership with French artificial intelligence company Mistral. The U.S. technology giant on Monday revealed that Mistral would ...