Microsoft touts AI strength, but shares dip as market digests costs


A person walks past Microsoft signage at the headquarters in Redmond Washington U.S. January 18 2023. REUTERSMatt Mills McKnightFile Photo

A person walks past Microsoft signage at the headquarters in Redmond, Washington, U.S., January 18, 2023. REUTERS/Matt Mills McKnight/File Photo

(Reuters) -Microsoft beat market estimates for quarterly profit and revenue on Tuesday, as new artificial-intelligence features helped attract customers to its Azure cloud service as they built out their own AI services.

But Microsoft shares were down 1% after-hours as investors absorbed news about rising costs to develop these AI features.


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