LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) comments on the impact for startups and small businesses in yesterday’s announcement from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on business software and cloud services. ‘The decision by CMA not to designate Microsoft and AWS cloud services as having strategic [...]
WASHINGTON, DC – In granting a preliminary injunction to Anthropic, U.S. District Court Judge Rita Lin relied on the concerns raised by small technology companies in ACT | The App Association’s amicus brief as justification for her decision. “We are grateful to Judge Lin for addressing the concerns of [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – ACT | The App Association (ACT) appreciates several aspects of the artificial intelligence (AI) framework and acknowledges that most of the work remains to be done to get the details right. “We are encouraged to see that several parts of the AI framework seek a reasonable [...]
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – ACT | The App Association welcomes the Commission proposal to establish the 28th regime in the form of a Regulation, while also highlighting continuing concerns over some provisions that would create more legal fragmentation. ‘We strongly support the goal of defragmentation of the Single Market and [...]
WASHINGTON, DC – Statement from Morgan Reed, president, ACT | The App Association in support of the Small AI Innovators Empowerment Act: “Small AI businesses are developing, deploying, and adapting tools that improve productivity, expand access to services, and strengthen U.S. competitiveness. Unfortunately, they often face distinct and overlooked [...]