Microsoft’s AI push in Asia comes as OpenAI restricts its API access in the region amid US-China geopolitical tensions. However, despite ongoing tensions, Sheu assured that Microsoft’s Azure AI services will remain unaffected despite the company’s affiliation with OpenAI. The company’s earlier efforts to get AI into the classroom saw more than 200 grade five and grade six science students gain access to an AI chatbot and text-to-image generation tools powered by OpenAI’s GPT and Dall-E models. Should AI be integrated in lower education ?

