April 24 (Reuters) - Britain's competition watchdog said

on Wednesday it was seeking comments on the AI partnerships

between Microsoft ( MSFT ) and Mistral AI, as well as between

Amazon ( AMZN ) and Anthropic.

The Competition and Markets Authority said it was also

seeking comments on Microsoft's ( MSFT ) hiring of former employees of

Inflection AI and related arrangements.

The regulator has not formed any conclusions on whether the

deals fall within UK merger rules or raise competition concerns,

it said.

The regulator is inviting views by May 9. This forms the

first part of its information gathering process and comes before

the start of a formal investigation.

"The CMA is also considering feedback received earlier

this year on Microsoft's ( MSFT ) partnership with OpenAI and is

currently waiting for information it has requested from the

firms," it said.