Microsoft MSFT.O has made Chinese startup DeepSeek's R1 artificial intelligence model available on its Azure cloud computing platform and GitHub tool for developers, the U.S. company said on Wednesday. The AI model will be available in the model catalog on the platforms and will join more than 1,800 models that Microsoft is offering.

KEY TAKEAWAYS Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft and OpenAI are investigating whether a group linked to Chinese startup DeepSeek used improperly obtained data from the American AI company to launch the low-cost AI model that sparked a selloff Monday.

Sources at Open AI believe DeepSeek unlawfully distilled data from ChatGPT, Open AI and Microsoft begin investigation.

Investors grow concerned that AI expenses and a looming price war in cloud services could blow up its profits.

Microsoft reported second-quarter earnings and revenue that beat Wall Street estimates on Wednesday. The company said earnings were $3.23 a share on revenue of $69.6 billion. Analysts surveyed by FactSet were expecting earnings of $3.

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