{"id":413,"date":"2025-03-13T22:44:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T22:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/?p=4297479"},"modified":"2025-03-13T22:44:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T22:44:36","slug":"is-microsoft-in-hot-water-with-the-ftc-over-ai-operations-antitrust-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tecnoartesanos.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/13\/is-microsoft-in-hot-water-with-the-ftc-over-ai-operations-antitrust-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Microsoft in Hot Water With The FTC Over AI Operations Antitrust Issues?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson on CNBC. Source: YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will move ahead with a wide-ranging antitrust probe into Microsoft\u2019s AI operations. Announced in the final days of the Biden administration, the Trump administration\u2019s new FTC chair Andrew Ferguson will lead the probe.<\/p>\n

The FTC sent Microsoft a civil investigative demand late last year asking it to provide data about its AI models<\/a>, including how training data is obtained and how much it costs to train an AI. The civil investigative demand stretches all the way back to 2016 and covers nearly a decade\u2019s worth of data.<\/p>\n