Case
Novartis AG (probably derived from the Latin «nova ars» «new art») is a biotechnology and pharmaceutical company based in Basel, Switzerland. Novartis was created in 1996 from a merger of the two pharmaceutical and chemical companies Ciba-Geigy AG, Basel, Switzerland, and Sandoz AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Task
Use the following link to the database of moneyhouse.ch to find out how Novartis AG was founded and how the merger took place from the legal point of view: https://www.moneyhouse.ch/en/company/novartis-ag-20899683071/messages?page=0.
Tip: the notifications are sorted by date, the newest first. You find the entries of 1996 and 1997 on the last pages.
Which type of merger described in Chapter 06.07 was it? Explain briefly.
Then ask a chatbot of your choice (Claude, ChatGPT & Co.) the same questions and compare its answers with the entries in the commercial register. Add a section «AI audit» of about five lines: what did the chatbot claim that you checked and corrected, and against which source?