OpenAI has attracted about as much attention in recent times as its much-talked-about chatbot, ChatGPT. The artificial intelligence (AI) research lab has collected billions of dollars in funding -- including a total of $13 billion from (NASDAQ: MSFT). That's brought OpenAI to a valuation of about $29 billion.

With companies racing to advance in AI, it's easy to imagine a bright future for OpenAI. And Microsoft, as an investor and OpenAI partner, is set to benefit. But something happening in the European Union could disrupt this exciting story. Let's find out more.

First, it's important to note that OpenAI, launched with the idea of sharing data, is doing just the opposite. For example, when it announced its next-generation language model -- GPT-4 -- it didn't offer information about its training method for the platform and certain other details. This spurred criticism.

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