Dina Bass And Leah Nylen Bloomberg

With global regulators examining Microsoft Corp's $13 billion investment in OpenAI, the software giant has a simple argument it hopes will resonate with antitrust officials: It doesn't own a traditional stake in the buzzy startup.

Microsoft is said to have threatened rival search engines that it would cut off access to the company's search engine data if they do not stop using it to power their own AI chatbots and other products that rely on artificial intelligence. The company's rivals, including Google, You.com, Neeva, and DuckDuckGo, have quickly moved to roll out their o...

Microsoft has told at least two customers that using its Bing search index to feed their AI chat tools violates the terms of their contract, according to sources.

With global regulators examining Microsoft Corp's $13 billion investment in OpenAI, the software giant has a simple argument it hopes will resonate with antitrust officials: It doesn't own a traditional stake in the buzzy startup.

Microsoft is said to have threatened rival search engines that it would cut off access to the company's search engine data if they do not stop using it to power their own AI chatbots and other products that rely on artificial intelligence. The company's rivals, including Google, You.com, Neeva, and DuckDuckGo, have quickly moved to roll out their o...

Microsoft has told at least two customers that using its Bing search index to feed their AI chat tools violates the terms of their contract, according to sources.