LONDON (AP) — Britain's competition watchdog said Friday that it's clearing Amazon's partnership with artificial intelligence company Anthropic because the $4 billion deal didn't qualify for further scrutiny.
The Competition and Markets Authority approval comes after it started looking into the deal, part of wider global scrutiny for the wave of investment from Big Tech companies into leading startups working on generative AI technology.
The watchdog found that San Francisco-based Anthropic's revenue and its combined market share with Amazon in Britain were not big enough to require an in-depth investigation under the country's merger rules.
“We welcome the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority decision acknowledging its lack of jurisdiction regarding this collaboration," Amazon said in a statement. "By investing in Anthropic, we’re helping to spur entry and competition in generative AI."
Under the deal, Anthropic is using Amazon Web Services as its primary cloud provider and Amazon’s custom chips to build, train and deploy its AI models.
The British regulator has previously cleared Microsoft's partnership with French startup Mistral AI as well as its hiring of key staff from another startup, Inflection AI.
The watchdog is still scrutinizing a partnership between Anthropic and Google. Anthropic was founded in 2021 by siblings Dario and Daniela Amodei, who previously worked at ChatGPT maker OpenAI. The company has focused heavily on increasing the safety and reliability of AI models.
The AI deals are also facing scrutiny across the Atlantic, where the Federal Trade Commission is looking into whether they're helping tech giants gain an unfair advantage in the booming market for AI services.
FILE - The Amazon logo is seen in Santa Monica, Calif., Sept. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington's Daylen Lile doubled with one out in the seventh to break up a combined no-hitter by Milwaukee's Jacob Misiorowski and Aaron Ashby on Friday night.
Milwaukee left fielder Blake Perkins missed on a diving attempt to catch Lile's double off Ashby.
Misiorowski worked 5 1/3 innings hitless innings before leaving the game due to a right hamstring cramp, according to the Brewers TV broadcast. The 24-year-old right-hander left the game after throwing a 98.9 mph fastball to James Wood. He then called for a trainer. Ashby entered the game and struck out Wood before Luis García Jr. grounded out to end the inning.
Misiorowski's 43 pitches of 100 mph or more was third-highest since tracking began in 2008. He trailed only 47 by Cincinnati’s Hunter Greene at St. Louis on Sept. 17, 2022, and 44 by Greene against Pittsburgh on March 30, 2023.
The Brewers have two no-hitters in franchise history, with the last coming on Sept. 11, 2021, by Corbin Burnes and Josh Hader in a 3-0 victory at Cleveland. On April 15, 1987, Juan Nieves threw no-hitter at Baltimore in a 7-0 win.
The MLB’s most recent no-hitter was a combined effort by Chicago Cubs pitchers Shota Imanaga, Nate Pearson, and Porter Hodge in a 12-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sept. 4, 2024.
Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Jacob Misiorowski (32) walks to the dugout with head trainer Brad Epstein, right, as he exits due to an apparent injury during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Friday, May 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jess Rapfogel)
Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Jacob Misiorowski throws to the Washington Nationals during the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, May 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jess Rapfogel)
Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Jacob Misiorowski throws to the Washington Nationals during the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, May 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jess Rapfogel)
