Microsoft rises as it starts to integrate ChatGPT via Azure cloud
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Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) shares rose fractionally on Tuesday after the tech giant announced it was expanding access to ChatGPT via its Azure cloud service.
The announcement, made late Monday via blog post, said ChatGPT would be available "soon" via a program known as Azure OpenAI Service.

Microsoft added that Azure OpenAI Service was now generally available, as it expects an influx of new users.
Earlier this month, it was reported that Microsoft (MSFT), which already has a $1B stake in OpenAI, was in talks to expand its investment in the company by perhaps as much as $10B.
The Satya Nadella-led Microsoft (MSFT) has also discussed working on integrating ChatGPT into several of its products, including its Bing search engine and several pieces of software. Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives recently said that any move by Microsoft (MSFT) to integrate ChatGPT would be a "potential game changer."
Separately on Tuesday, Guggenheim analyst John DiFucci cut his rating on the software giant's stock to sell.