OpenAI & Microsoft Partnership Is On Shaky Ground as Altman Admits ‘Points of Tension’

In a New York Times podcast released late Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed he had a private call with Microsoft chief Satya Nadella “on Monday” to hash out the future of their alliance, conceding there are “points of tension.” Microsoft is OpenAI’s biggest investor. Back in 2019, Microsoft wrote a $1 billion check for OpenAI, and in return, gained preferred access to OpenAI’s models. That stake has since ballooned to an estimated $13 billion.  Parties disagree on Microsoft’s future stake in OpenAI “The points of tension” Altman refers to are concerning both parties’ disagreements on Microsoft’s shares and earned… [Continue Reading]