The British Competition and Markets Authority recently confirmed how it’s got sufficient data to launch a new probe into Google’s latest deal with Anthropic. The competition watchdog will now be scrutinizing the AI partnership that took many by surprise.

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.

Britain’s competition watchdog said Thursday it's opening a formal investigation into Google’s partnership with artificial intelligence startup Anthropic. The Competition and Markets Authority said it has “sufficient information” to launch an initial probe after it sought input earlier this year on whether the deal would stifle

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 ...

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.

Google's (GOOG) (GOOGL) partnership with artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is being formally probed by the U.K. antitrust regulator. Read for more.