Microsoft (MSFT.US) shares gain more than 4.5% and break out to new historic highs following the announcement of a plan to introduce additional charges ($30per month) for the use of generative AI in the MICROSOFT 365 COPILOT suite.
Meta Platforms and Microsoft will also team up to distribute new AI Software for commercial use (version of the LLAMA 2 model).

Source: xStation5
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