As part of the new agreement, Microsoft holds a $135 billion stake in the for-profit OpenAI business public benefit corporation, or OpenAI Group PBC,

The lawsuit focuses on the Personal and Family editions of Microsoft 365. The two plans include the Office application bundle and certain other services such as Microsoft Teams, but lack the administrative controls available in the business versions. Consumers can configure their subscriptions to renew automatically.

Australia’s competition watchdog is suing Microsoft, alleging the tech titan deceived millions of customers about paying more for its Copilot artificial intelligence assistant when they didn’t need it.

We’re just demanding a higher level of discipline because it’s a bigger project than we’ve ever come close to,” said Caledonia resident Prescott Balch.

The consumer watchdog is suing Microsoft for allegedly misleading about 2.7 million Australians over its Microsoft 365 subscriptions.

Microsoft is facing Federal Court action after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) accused the tech giant of misleading around 2.7 million Australian Microsoft 365 users over subscription options and price increases tied to its AI assistant Copilot.