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The country of Australia is suing Microsoft for allegedly misleading around 2.7 million Microsoft 365

users into accepting a price hike for co-pilot plans

while hiding cheaper non-AI options. Quoting Reuters, the Australian Competition and Consumer

Commission, or A-Triple C, alleged that after the integration of co-pilot, the annual

subscription price of the Microsoft 365 personal plan increased by 45% and the

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