Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott testified Wednesday in federal court in Oakland that a 2018 email questioning OpenAI’s commercial plans was about Microsoft’s diligence and competitive risk, not proof that Microsoft knew OpenAI was betraying its nonprofit mission. That distinction is now central to...
Microsoft and OpenAI Loosen Their Landmark AI Alliance, Opening Door to AWS and Other Cloud Platforms
Microsoft and OpenAI have rewritten one of the most important business arrangements in the artificial intelligence industry, ending key parts of the exclusivity that once made Microsoft the...
It started as one of the most consequential alliances in modern tech: Microsoft supplied the money, cloud, and distribution muscle, while OpenAI supplied the model breakthroughs that made generative AI feel inevitable. By 2026, that partnership had not collapsed, but it had clearly mutated into...