{"id":150478,"date":"2026-05-05T21:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T05:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/05\/05\/microsofts-ai-bet-is-getting-more-expensivemdashand-more-complicated\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T21:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T05:32:10","slug":"microsofts-ai-bet-is-getting-more-expensivemdashand-more-complicated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/05\/05\/microsofts-ai-bet-is-getting-more-expensivemdashand-more-complicated\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft&#8217;s AI Bet Is Getting More Expensive&amp;mdash;and More Complicated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThere are real doubts surrounding the appeal of its AI products, and it increasingly looks like Microsoft has squandered an early lead in enterprise AI with Anthropic now taking most of the action,  veteran technology analyst Richard Windsor wrote last month.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" 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increasingly looks like Microsoft has squandered an early lead in enterprise AI with Anthropic now taking most of the action,  veteran technology analyst Richard Windsor wrote last month.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/955413350\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a title=\"Add to FaceBook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/955413350\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Like on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/955413350\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fblike20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Pin it!\" 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