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tic-toc is not going away anytime soon.

But first, the FTC is aiming to unravel the complex and secretive corporate relationships in the top AI companies out there in a new inquiry.

Orders have been sent to Alphabet, Amazon, Anthropic, Microsoft, and Open AI that will, as

Charleina Khan said, shed light on whether investments and partnerships pursued

by dominant companies risk distorting innovation and undermining fair competition.

No wrongdoing is alleged at this stage, but it is just a little suspicious when companies already

under investigation for antitrust practices or who have been fined or settled regarding them are apparently working to lock down

the next big technology for their own use.

The orders sent to the companies compel them to share, partnerships, investments, and the strategic rationale for them.

Whether these partnerships have practical implications such as when or how new products are released

and what do they talk about at meetings.

For the latest updates on this story, visit TechRunch.com.

Next, PayPal announced today that it will begin piloting a few new upcoming updates to its service, some of which will leverage

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