Microsoft Accused of Restricting AI Supply to Inflate ChatGPT Costs
Microsoft is facing a class action lawsuit alleging that it used its cloud dominance to restrict AI compute, keeping ChatGPT costs artificially high for nearly three years.
ChatGPT users claim that Microsoft "mercilessly" choked OpenAI's compute supply through an exclusive cloud agreement, resulting in inflated AI subscription prices.
Microsoft "secretly turned an investment into a stranglehold,"
using its Azure cloud dominance to restrict computational resources, keeping prices 100 to 200 times higher than competitors' rates during a February 2025 AI price war.
- Eleven ChatGPT Plus subscribers brought the case, alleging overpayment for subscriptions and degraded service from November 2022 through February 2025.
Author's summary: Microsoft accused of anticompetitive conduct.
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