OpenAI’s recent drama hasn’t only caught UK regulators’ attention. Bloomberg reported Friday that the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is looking into Microsoft’s investment in the Sam Altman-led company and whether it violates antitrust laws.
They are opposing it so much it is drawing scrutiny on the extremely aggressively antitrust chair Biden appointed, Lina Khan, a person who literally wrote a lauded economics paper about how amazon became a monopoly using anticompetitive practices and illegal tactics.
Get pissed at the government if you like, but at least get your facts straight first.
You just let Microsoft buy Activision. You’re not going to do shit about this either.
The FTC fully opposed it and is still opposing it as of Dec 6th. The FTC sued twice to stop the deal, and is currently appealing the merger a judge approved.
They are opposing it so much it is drawing scrutiny on the extremely aggressively antitrust chair Biden appointed, Lina Khan, a person who literally wrote a lauded economics paper about how amazon became a monopoly using anticompetitive practices and illegal tactics.
Get pissed at the government if you like, but at least get your facts straight first.