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  • The ACCC Says Microsoft Can Go Ahead and Buy the Firm That Helped Build Siri

    The ACCC Says Microsoft Can Go Ahead and Buy the Firm That Helped Build Siri

    Australia’s competition watchdog, the ACCC, has weighed in on Microsoft’s acquisition of speech recognition/AI company Nuance. Microsoft is set to pay around $21 billion for the company that helped build Apple’s Siri virtual assistant. The ACCC said Microsoft can shell out billions on Nuance because they aren’t competing companies. The ACCC is basing this on…