UK launches formal probe into Amazon's ties with AI startup Anthropic

The U.K.’s antitrust regulator has confirmed that it’s carrying out a formal antitrust investigation into Amazon’s ties with Anthropic, after Amazon recently completed a $4 billion investment into the AI startup. The news comes a week after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) revealed it was launching an invitation to comment into Google’s own ties with Anthropic, after the internet first invested a reported $300 million last year followed by a further $2 billion. Founded in 2021, San Francisco-bas ...