GeekWire October 18, 2024
Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI has become increasingly strained by the AI startup’s need for more funding and computing power, Microsoft’s recruitment of leaders from OpenAI rival Inflection AI, and questions over the Redmond company’s equity stake in any future version of OpenAI as a for-profit company.
That’s the collective gist of a pair of stories that broke overnight from the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, respectively, citing anonymous people familiar with the situation.
Microsoft isn’t commenting on the stories. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman gave the New York Times an optimistic take on the shared future of the companies. But the clear takeaway is that Microsoft is doing what it can to chart its own course in AI...
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