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Microsoft accuses the UK antitrust regulator “looking back” by ignoring how artificial intelligence reshapses Techenology spectigation at £ 9bn UK Cloud Comput Computing Market.
Competition and Markets Authority says in January that Microsoft “uses strong software position to make it more difficult for Amazon Web Services and Google effective decision After a long examination to the sector.
However, despite many investments from large tech companies to strengthen AI infrastructure, the CMA said it was found “no significant directive effect” from AI in competition in the traditional cloud market.
In a 56-page response published on Friday, Microsoft CMA’s position is called a “standard error”, which is given how important the corporate customers are.
“There is a real danger interfere with the market based on this disagreement, leaving the UK to the intent of CMA to a healthy, good marketplace, rich in growth and investment,” it says.
The big tech companies invested in hundreds of billions of dollars to strengthen the so-called fast computing systems like people Geogle and Opuai’s Chatgt.
Microsoft criticism comes while CMA is facing severe scrutining In recent months, coming under pressure from government to show it promotes growth and unable to prevent the UK change. The ministers immediately rejected the agency’s seat, Marcong Bokkerink’s last month, he was replaced by the former head of the Amazon UK, Doug Gurr.
Microsoft said the temporary CMA decision did not reflect on how to operate the Cloud Computing Market with UK customers “about industry competition.
UK antitrust regulator also begins to think about if Amazon and Microsoft should receive additional management under new Digital Regime Markets in the UK by deeming “strategic market status” in Industry in the cloud.
Microsoft said that by joining Google from that consideration, as well as other potential market study by repairing competition from competitions of the clouds of clouds.
Microsoft’s Azure and Amazon Web services dominated global cloud computation industry, each of the UK customer spending, with Google Cloud seen to come in a distant third.
In response, the CMA on Friday said: “The cloud market is considering the effect of AI’s competition in the sperper services market. Inspects all the feedback it receives – and others – and yet do not have a final decision.”
Cloud Investigation started in the UK when the media regulator and communications opened a market study on October 2022, which refers to CMA a year later.
CMA asking group speaks that a general competition lacks customer’s ability to prompt the clocker or use many clouds and quality of cloud services “.