Democratic US Senators questioned Google and Microsofts AI offerings

By Jody Godoy – Two Democratic US senators demanded information from Microsoft and Google about their cloud computed partnerships with artificial intelligence businesses, which expressed concern that the arrangements could hinder competition in the latest industry. US Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Ron Wilden of Oregon, the ranking of the Democrats in the Senate’s bank and finance committees, asked Google for more information on partnership with the Ai-Begin anthropic and Microsoft about the connection to Chatgpt creator, according to the letters. “We are concerned that corporate partnerships within the AI ​​sector discourage competition, bypass our antitrust laws and result in fewer choices and higher prices for businesses and consumers using AI instruments,” the senators wrote. Spokesmen from the companies did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The letters seek to determine how many the AI ​​businesses have paid the cloud suppliers, or give the Microsoft and Google transactions exclusive rights to license AI models, and whether the major technical enterprises have any plans to obtain their AI partners. The US Federal Trade Commission issued a staff report in January before US President Donald Trump held office, on a study on partnerships between Microsoft and Openai, Amazon and Anthropic, and Google and Anthropic, but withheld information specifically to the businesses. The report raised the possibility that one cloud service provider could acquire his AI partner, and said at least one of the AI ​​providers had given his cloud service provider in advance of important decisions. At least one of the agreements would prevent the AI ​​business from starting new models on its own without releasing it via the cloud supplier, the FTC said. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without edits to text.