ChainCatcher news, according to Caixin, multiple developers received emails from Microsoft stating that due to local regulatory requirements, the Microsoft Azure OpenAI service will be shut down on October 21, and in the future, only enterprise customers in mainland China will be able to subscribe to Azure's OpenAI services.Most developers received the email on the morning of the 17th. One developer stated, "This was the only window for personal identity to use OpenAI compliantly in the country, and now it is closed." Meanwhile, some developers expressed dissatisfaction with Microsoft for "only giving four days to handle this." As for this matter, Microsoft has not yet made a statement.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, Aptos is leveraging Microsoft's infrastructure to deploy new products that combine artificial intelligence and blockchain, including a new chatbot called Aptos Assistant, which will answer user questions about the Aptos ecosystem and provide useful resources for developers building smart contracts and decentralized applications. The chatbot is powered by Microsoft's Azure OpenAI service.In addition, the two companies have agreed to explore blockchain-based financial service solutions, including asset tokenization, payment options, and central bank digital currencies (CBDC), to expand the use cases of blockchain. Aptos will run validator nodes on Microsoft Azure to enhance the security of its network.