A jury ruled unanimously Monday that Elon Musk waited too long to file his lawsuit against OpenAI, Sam Altman, and Microsoft, finding the defendants not liable on all claims after less than two hours of deliberation.

Microsoft's decoupling from OpenAI has positioned Azure as a model-agnostic AI platform, reducing risk and enhancing earnings. See why I rate MSFT stock a Buy.

Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI has grown from a $13 billion cash investment into a $100 billion-plus infrastructure commitment, culminating in revised terms that grant long-term IP rights, Azure advantages, and a $38 billion revenue cap.

At $420, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT | MSFT Price Prediction) screens as compelling for research. The stock has slid 12.22% year to date even as the AI business surged past a $37 billion annualized run rate,

Microsoft is focusing on faster, cheaper AI models for speech, voice, and images, built to run efficiently on Microsoft Azure and integrate smoothly with Windows and Copilot.

Microsoft and OpenAI have dismantled their exclusive partnership, ending revenue sharing and freeing OpenAI to sell its AI models on AWS and Google Cloud in a sweeping deal that reshapes the entire artificial intelligence industry.

Things have changed since Microsoft and OpenAI announced a broad agreement following OpenAI's restructuring in October.

Microsoft and OpenAI said on Thursday they have signed a non-binding deal for new relationship terms that would allow OpenAI to proceed to restructure itself into a for-profit company, marking a new phase of the most high-profile partnerships to fund ...