By Webb Wright

Plus, the thorny issue of deepfakes is getting thornier by the day.

DOJ and FTC eye OpenAI-Microsoft partnership

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are discussing a potential antitrust investigation into the multibillion-dollar partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI, but the talks have become mired in uncertainty surrounding which agency has the authority to initiate the investigation, according to a January 19 report from Politico.

Citing anonymous sources familiar with the discussions, Politico reports that both agencies – the jurisdictional boundary between which can sometimes be blurry – are vying for the chance to spearhead the federal inquiry Read full story ›

Source: The Drum