Microsoft hiring of AI Inflection staff referred for UK merger probe

From CNBC: 2024-07-16 07:47:33

Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Inflection AI, spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Microsoft’s hiring of former Inflection employees is under U.K. merger investigation. The competition authority is assessing if the hires constitute a merger that could impact competition in the AI sector. A decision on an in-depth investigation is expected by Sept. 11.

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