Microsoft cuts data centre plans and hikes prices in push to make users carry AI costs

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par Kevin Witzenberger, Research Fellow, GenAI Lab, Queensland University of Technology
Michael Richardson, Associate Professor of Media, UNSW Sydney

After a year of shoehorning generative AI into its flagship products, Microsoft is trying to recoup the costs by raising prices, putting ads in products, and cancelling data centre leases. Google is making similar moves, adding unavoidable AI features to its Workspace service while increasing…