U.K. antitrust officials said they were probing whether Alphabet-owned Google’s investment in artificial-intelligence startup Anthropic poses a threat to competition, a setback for the search-engine giant after British regulators cleared a similar partnership between Amazon.

Launch of review by UK regulator comes less than a month after it gave the green light to the AI firm’s deal with Amazon.

Google’s partnership with AI firm Anthropic is at risk of being derailed in the UK after the competition watchdog called for further investigation of the pact’s potential impact.

The U.K. competition regulator launched a formal investigation into whether the partnership between Google owner Alphabet GOOGL-1.43%decrease; red down pointing triangle and artificial-intelligence startup Anthropic will lessen competition. The Competition ...

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is launching a formal probe into Alphabet's investment in AI rival, Anthropic.

Google's partnership with the artificial intelligence (AI) startup Anthropic faces a formal UK competition investigation. The UK's Competition and Markets Authority said it has “sufficient information” to launch an initial probe. When it comes to professional work, Europe is recognised for having one of the most favourable approaches globally.

Britain's antitrust watchdog launched a probe on Thursday into Google parent Alphabet's partnership with artificial intelligence startup Anthropic. Almost two years after Microsoft-backed OpenAI triggered an AI boom with the release of ChatGPT,

The UK’s competition regulator is investigating whether Alphabet’s $2.3 billion investment in AI startup Anthropic harms UK competition. The CMA will open its preliminary probe on Friday.