We recently compiled a list of the 9 AI News Updates That Analysts Are Monitoring. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) stands against the other AI stocks analysts are monitoring.
OpenAI of ChatGPT fame has emerged as the poster child of the AI revolution. The AI models behind the famous AI assistant have, however, started to attract unwanted attention in recent months. For example, news publication The Guardian has reported that a group of major news organizations in Canada have sued the AI firm for allegedly strip-mining journalism and unjustly enriching itself by using news articles to train the popular ChatGPT software. Per the report, the suit was filed in the superior court of justice in Ontario and calls for punitive damages, a share of profits made by OpenAI from using the articles, and an injunction barring the San Francisco-based company from using any of the news articles in the future.
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OpenAI has faced similar suits in recent months but has managed to fight back without incurring financial harm. The latest suit, per the report, includes news platforms like the Globe and Mail, the Canadian Press, the CBC, the Toronto Star, Metroland Media, and Postmedia. The companies want up to C$20,000 in damages for each article used by OpenAI, suggesting a victory in court could be worth billions. As it battles these claims, OpenAI has already signed licensing agreements with a handful of media organizations, including the Associated Press wire service, NewsCorp and Condé Nast.
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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)
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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is a Washington-based technology company. On November 28, Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives kept an Outperform rating on Microsoft with a $550 price target after Bloomberg reported the Federal Trade Commission opened an antitrust investigation into the company. Per Ives, the FTC suit is much more bark than bite and ultimately will fade into the background once a new FTC chair is likely named by Trump for January. Wedbush believes the big technology companies will ultimately emerge from the DOJ’s legal challenges with some scrapes and bruises, but nothing more concerning that disrupts the bullish tech trade and AI Revolution thesis into 2025 and beyond.
Overall MSFT ranks 2nd on our list of AI stocks analysts are monitoring. While we acknowledge the potential of MSFT as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter timeframe. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than MSFT but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
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