Italy probes AI-fueled price hikes in Microsoft 365
The regulator's stated concern is not the inclusion of AI itself, but whether customers were given sufficiently clear information that Copilot and Designer had arrived – and that their subscription bills were going up as a result.
- ▪The regulator's stated concern is not the inclusion of AI itself, but whether customers were given sufficiently clear information that Copilot and Designer had arrived – and that their subscription bills were going up as a result.
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