(NASDAQ: MSFT) has featured in countless headlines this year, becoming a major player in artificial intelligence (AI) with a significant investment in ChatGPT developer OpenAI and completing a record deal to purchase Activision Blizzard in October.
Most recently, the company and its investors were jolted by the ousting of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, sending Microsoft's shares tumbling and bringing its AI prospects into question as it owns a 49% stake in the start-up.
Altman has since been reinstated, and OpenAI's board reconstituted to prioritize Microsoft's interests, seemingly calming investor concern.
Source Fool.com