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Sean Endicott

Are Microsoft and OpenAI too close? UK CMA will look into the complicated partnership that could forge the future of AI.

Satya Nadella with Sam Altman at a conference.

What you need to know

  • The UK Competition and Markets Authority has invited comments on the partnership between OpenAI and Microsoft.
  • Microsoft and OpenAI have a complex relationship, including Microsoft investing billions of dollars in OpenAI and having a 49 percent stake in OpenAI's for-profit arm.
  • OpenAI CEO and co-founder Sam Altman almost joined Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research team but ultimately returned to OpenAI.
  • The saga surrounding Altman's firing from OpenAI and later return resulted in OpenAI having a restructured board that includes a non-voting seat held by Microsoft.
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