Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Microsoft has accused the UK\u2019s antitrust regulator of \u201clooking backwards\u201d by ignoring how artificial intelligence is reshaping the tech industry, in its response to the agency\u2019s investigation into the \u00a39bn UK cloud computing market. In January, the Competition and Markets Authority said Microsoft was \u201cusing its\u00a0strong position in software to make it harder for Amazon Web Services and Google to compete effectively\u201d, in its provisional decision after a lengthy probe into the sector. However, despite huge investments from big tech companies to build out AI infrastructure, the CMA said it currently saw \u201cno significant direct impact\u201d from AI on competition in the traditional cloud market. In a 56-page response published on Friday, Microsoft called the CMA\u2019s position on AI a \u201cfundamental mistake\u201d, given how important the technology was becoming to corporate customers. \u201cThere is a real danger that intervening in the market based on these misunderstandings will backfire, leaving the UK with the opposite of the CMA\u2019s goal of a healthy, well-functioning market, rich in growth and investment,\u201d it said. Big tech companies are investing hundreds of billions of dollars to build out so-called accelerated computing systems that are capable of training and delivering large language models such as those that power Google\u2019s Gemini and OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT. Microsoft\u2019s criticism comes as the CMA has faced intense scrutiny in recent months, coming under pressure from the government to show it is promoting growth and not stifling innovation in the UK. Ministers abruptly ousted the agency\u2019s chair Marcus Bokkerink last month, replacing him with the former head of Amazon UK, Doug Gurr.Microsoft said the CMA\u2019s provisional decision \u201cdoes not reflect how the cloud computing market operates in practice\u201d, arguing that UK customers had raised \u201climited concerns\u201d about competition in the industry. The UK antitrust regulator has also begun to consider whether Amazon and Microsoft should receive extra oversight under the UK\u2019s new digital markets regime by deeming them as having\u00a0\u201cstrategic market status\u201d\u00a0in the cloud industry. Microsoft said that by excluding Google from that consideration, as well as other potential interventions following the market study, the CMA might end up intervening \u201cto enable Google\u2019s growth in the UK market by softening competition from its competitors\u201d, despite the search giant\u2019s rapid growth in cloud. Microsoft\u2019s Azure and Amazon Web Services dominate the global cloud computing industry, each with a share of up to 40 per cent of UK customer spending, with Google Cloud generally seen as coming in a distant third. The UK\u2019s cloud services investigation began when the media and communications regulator Ofcom opened a market study in October 2022, referring it to the CMA a year later.The CMA inquiry group said a general lack of competition was interfering with customers\u2019 ability \u201cto switch cloud provider or use multiple clouds, which may ultimately impact the price and quality of cloud services\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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