Microsoft's partnership with Mistral AI will avoid a UK antitrust probe after the CMA finds Microsoft can't "materially influence" Mistral's commercial policy (Katharine Gemmell/Bloomberg)

Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg:
Microsoft’s partnership with Mistral AI will avoid a UK antitrust probe after the CMA finds Microsoft can’t “materially influence” Mistral’s commercial policy  —  – CMA said the tie-up does not qualify under merger rules  — Watchdog is looking into Big Tech AI startup investment