Google requests the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to terminate Microsoft's exclusive cloud service agreement with OpenAI

ChainCatcher news, according to The Information, informed sources say that Google recently asked the U.S. government to lift Microsoft's exclusive agreement to host OpenAI technology on its cloud servers. This conversation took place after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC, one of the main federal antitrust enforcement agencies) inquired about Microsoft's business practices as part of a broader investigation.

The source stated that companies competing with Microsoft in cloud server leasing (including Google and Amazon) want to host OpenAI's artificial intelligence themselves, so their cloud customers do not need to rely on Microsoft's servers to access the startup's technology.