Azure OpenAI Will Stop Providing Services to Individual Developers in Mainland China

On October 17th, a sudden news emerged in China: Microsoft Azure OpenAI will stop its services for individual developers. Many developers also posted online that they received emails from the official stating the “service termination”. Azure OpenAI is currently the only legal channel in mainland China to use OpenAI. Reporters immediately contacted Microsoft officials for confirmation and received an affirmative response. Microsoft emphasized that this will only affect non-enterprise users in mainland China, while enterprise users can still continue using the service.

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