Microsoft’s $13 billion investments in OpenAI has earned it a seat on the company’s board and the attention of European regulators.
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties wants Microsoft investigated by European Union regulators over its partnership with OpenAI.
In response to a call for commentary from the European Commission, the Irish civil liberties group posted its submission on Feb. 2. The letter begins by welcoming the investigation and continues to lay out a point-by-point case against treating the Microsoft-OpenAI relationship as anything other than a merger.
The Microsoft-OpenAI partnership is also being investigated in the United Kingdom where regulators will determine whether it should be considered a merger by law.
