Microsoft's hiring of artificial intelligence startup Inflection's staff including its co-founders will not be scrutinised under European Union merger rules, EU antitrust regulators said on Wednesday.

EU antitrust regulators will not take action against Microsoft's hiring of artificial intelligence startup Inflection's staff including its co-founders after seven EU countries dropped their requests asking their bigger peer to examine the deal,

Key Takeaways The European Commission said it would not be investigating possible antitrust violations related to Microsoft's agreement with AI startup Inflection AI.Officials said their decision came as seven member nations of the European Union withdrew their initial requests for a probe.

Microsoft and United Arab Emirates-based artificial intelligence company G42 will open two centres in Abu Dhabi to work on "responsible" AI initiatives, the companies said on Tuesday.

Microsoft Corp. and G42 are establishing two artificial intelligence centers in Abu Dhabi, months after they inked a $1.5 billion deal and the United Arab Emirates firm agreed to divest from China.

Microsoft Corp. and G42 have announced two new initiatives to advance responsible artificial intelligence (AI) practices, building on their partnership established earlier this year. The initiatives i