(MT Newswires) -- Antitrust expert Cristina Caffarra highlights the attention being paid by global regulators to interactions between tech giants and emerging AI players. She cites the partnership between OpenAI and Microsoft, currently being examined by the European Commission and the UK CMA.

She warns of the risk of past mistakes being repeated with belated antitrust intervention, especially in the technology sector. She addresses the fear of mergers and acquisitions being disguised as partnerships, in a context where transactions are coming under increasing scrutiny, as shown by the prolonged analysis of the Microsoft Activision case.

Caffarra concludes with the need for early monitoring of strategic partnerships to prevent excessive concentration of power among certain suppliers, which could harm competition and steer technological development towards the interests of a few dominant players.

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