I-European Commission (EC) inikeza ukukhanya okuluhlaza ekuthengeni kwe-Microsoft kwe-Nuance. Ukuthathwa kwempahla bekuzoba nomthelela omncane emqhudelwaneni ofanayo e-European Union.
Ngokugunyazwa yi-EC, isithiyo enqubweni yokuthatha izonyamalala. Ngo-Ephreli walo nyaka, iMicrosoft yamemezela inhloso yayo yokuthola i-Nuance, kodwa kusanda kucaca ukuthi i-European Commission ifuna ukwenza olunye uphenyo. Uphenyo seluphothuliwe manje futhi luphetha ngokuthi ukutholwa kungase kuqhubeke.
Cwaninga ngemisebenzi eyelelene
Ngamazwi ayo, i-EC iphenye ngokuyinhloko ukunqwabelana phakathi kwemisebenzi ye-Microsoft kanye nobuchwepheshe bokukhuluma be-Nuance. Kutholakale ukuthi zombili izinkampani zihlinzeka ngemikhiqizo ehlukene. Uma le mikhiqizo ibingahlanganiswa yodwa, bekungaba nokuncintisana okuqinile ngokwanele okuvela kwabanye abahlinzeki bempahla ngaphakathi kwe-European Union.
Iziphathimandla zokuncintisana e-United States nase-Australia zazinikeze ukukhanya okuluhlaza ngaphambilini.
Ukutholwa kwe-nuance
Ukuthengwa kwe-Nuance yi-Microsoft kuhilela inani elingaphezu kwezigidigidi ezingu-14 zama-euro (ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-16). Umdondoshiya wezobuchwepheshe ufuna ukuthola umthamo owengeziwe emkhakheni we-AI ngobuchwepheshe be-AI kanye nomhlinzeki wobuchwepheshe bokuloba wezikhungo zezempilo nezingcingo, phakathi kwabanye. Futhi, ukuqwashisa ngomkhiqizo ka-Nuance kufanele kusize i-Microsoft ithole isabelo semakethe esengeziwe emakethe yezokunakekelwa kwempilo kanye nesikhungo sezingcingo.