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CMA says it has ‘real concerns’ about Big Tech’s grip on foundation models

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Source: Competition and Markets Authority

On 11 April 2024 the Competition and Markets Authority published an update paper on foundation models naming three linked risks: firms that control key inputs restricting access, incumbents using their consumer and business positions to distort choice, and partnerships entrenching market power. It counted more than 90 partnerships and strategic investments involving Google, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and NVIDIA. Chief executive Sarah Cardell said the CMA was stepping up merger scrutiny of these partnerships.

Why it matters

AI partnerships between large technology firms and model developers became candidates for UK merger review, which the CMA then opened for Microsoft and Inflection and for Amazon and Anthropic.

When
11 Apr 2024
ID
WTA-N-2024-0163
Who
Competition and Markets Authority, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, NVIDIA; Sarah Cardell

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Competition and Markets Authority. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at Competition and Markets Authority

Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2024-0163: “CMA says it has ‘real concerns’ about Big Tech’s grip on foundation models.” wheresthe.ai, 11 Apr 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/gb-cma-foundation-models-update-2024-04/ (source: Competition and Markets Authority).

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