June 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department and the

Federal Trade Commission have reached a deal that allows them to

proceed with antitrust investigations into the dominant roles

that Microsoft ( MSFT ), OpenAI and Nvidia ( NVDA ) play in the

artificial intelligence industry, the New York Times reported on

Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

(Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank

Dhaniwala)