Britain's competition watchdog said Friday that it's clearing Amazon's partnership with artificial intelligence company Anthropic because the $4 billion deal didn't qualify for further scrutiny.

Britain's competition regulator on Friday cleared Amazon's investment of up to $4 billion in Anthropic, an American developer of artificial intelligence, following a short probe. The British regulator had probed whether the partnership caused "a substantial lessening of competition within any market or markets in the United Kingdom for goods or services".

The Competition and Markets Authority said its initial investigation had found the partnership did not qualify for further investigation.

Britain's competition regulator on Friday cleared Amazon's investment of up to $4 billion in Anthropic, an American developer of artificial intelligence, following a short probe. The British regulator had probed whether the partnership caused "a substantial lessening of competition within any market or markets in the United Kingdom for goods or services".

CMA said the tie-up wouldn't qualify for an investigation under UK merger laws

Britain's competition regulator said on Friday Amazon's artificial intelligence partnership with startup Anthropic will not be referred for a deeper probe as it did not fall under its jurisdiction.The Competition and Markets Authority said the partnership, which includes a $4 billion investment by Amazon