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LONDON: Microsoft<\/a>'s president met Britain's finance minister for talks on Tuesday and said he would try to work with regulators to seek UK approval for its $69 billion purchase of \"Call of Duty<\/a>\" maker Activision Blizzard<\/a>.
British competition authorities blocked the takeover in April in a shock decision which jeopardises gaming's biggest-ever deal, drawing a furious response from the two groups who questioned whether the country remained open to tech firms.
Microsoft has since appealed and its president, Brad Smith<\/a>, met British finance minister Jeremy Hunt for talks in London on Tuesday, a government source said, without giving details.
Also in London, Smith told the techUK Tech Policy Leadership conference<\/a> he was hopeful the outcome could change, adding: \"I'm in search of solutions.\"
\"If regulators have concerns we want to address them. If there are problems, we want to solve them. If the UK wants to impose regulatory requirements that go beyond those in the EU, we want to find ways to fulfil them.\"
Smith was also scheduled to meet officials from the Competition and Markets Authority<\/a> (CMA<\/a>) during his visit to London this week, according to reports.
He said he had always been \"bullish on the United Kingdom as a great place to live, to learn, to build\".
Smith criticised Britain after the CMA veto, saying it would shake confidence in the UK as a destination for tech.
The EU approved the Activision<\/a> deal in May after it accepted remedies put forward by Microsoft that were broadly comparable to those it proposed in the UK.
Microsoft has also appealed the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's action seeking to block the deal after the agency said it would suppress competition.
The British appeal is due to be heard next month, with a verdict likely in August or September.
Smith focused his remarks on Tuesday on how AI should be governed, saying it should not be the sole responsibility of tech companies. \"It needs to be subject to the rule of law,\" he said, adding: \"And we will need regulations to govern it.\"
Microsoft and its partner OpenAI were already using a safety board to review the features and standards of their AI models before they were deployed, he said, and such an approach could be replicated more widely.
\"Just like an aeroplane, just like a bus, just like an automobile, a powerful model will probably need to pass such a review,\" he said. \"And it ... probably should get a licence.
\"And of course, that means there needs to be a licensor in a position to make that decision.\"
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伦敦:微软的总统会见了英国财政部长周二举行会谈,表示他将尽力与英国监管机构寻求批准其690亿美元收购”使命的召唤“制造商动视暴雪。
英国竞争监管机构阻止收购震惊的决定,4月将危及游戏有史以来最大的交易,画一个激烈的反应两组人质疑这个国家保持开放的科技公司。
微软已提起上诉,其总统,布拉德•史密斯会见了英国财政大臣杰里米亨特周二在伦敦举行会谈,政府消息人士称,没有透露进一步的细节。
还在伦敦,史密斯告诉techUK科技政策领袖会议他希望可以改变结果,并补充道:“我在寻找解决方案。”
“如果监管机构担忧我们想要解决这些问题。如果有问题,我们要解决这些问题。如果英国想要超越那些在欧盟实施监管要求,我们想找到方法来满足他们。”
史密斯也将满足的官员竞争和市场管理局(CMA)本周访问伦敦期间,据报道。
他说,他一直“看好英国作为一个居住的好地方,学习,建立”。
史密斯批评英国CMA否决后,称这将动摇投资者的信心在英国作为科技的一个目的地。
欧盟批准了动视暴雪交易后,5月接受微软提出的补救措施,广泛与那些在英国提出。
微软也呼吁美国联邦贸易委员会的行动试图阻止该交易在该机构表示将抑制竞争。
英国上诉将听到下个月,判决可能在8月或9月。
史密斯周二讲话关注应该如何治理AI,说它不应该科技公司的唯一责任。“这需要法治,”他说,并补充道:“我们将需要规定来管理它。”
微软及其合作伙伴OpenAI已经使用安全委员会审查功能和标准的人工智能模型在部署之前,他说,这种方法可以复制更广泛。
“就像一架飞机,就像一辆公交车,就像一辆汽车,一个强大的模型可能需要通过这样的评论,“他说。“这…应该得到一个许可证。
”当然,这意味着需要有许可方能够做决定。”
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