Microsoft’s AI lead puts Amazon cloud dominance on watch

Upcoming quarterly reports from US tech giants may show Microsoft (MSFT.O) is closing the gap on cloud-computing market leader Amazon.com as more businesses switch to its services, attracted by a clutch of generative AI features that are powered by OpenAI’s technology.

The Redmond, Washington-based software giant has beaten rivals Amazon (AMZN.O) and Google-parent Alphabet (GOOGL.O) to the market with AI services including the Copilot, a set of genAI tools that work in Microsoft’s business apps...