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Musk v. Altman Evidence Shows What Microsoft Executives Thought of OpenAI

Wired · Maxwell Zeff, Paresh Dave · last updated

Leaders at the tech giant were skeptical of OpenAI—but wary of pushing it into the arms of Amazon, according to emails dating back to 2018.

OpenAI’s relationship with Microsoft, its longtime investor and cloud partner, has grown increasingly complicated over the years as the ChatGPT-maker has grown into a behemoth competitor.

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