… Microsoft was worried OpenAI would run off to Amazon and ‘shit-talk’ Azure. The ongoing Musk v. Altman trial is already providing some rare insights into the communications between Microsoft’s top executives and OpenAI during the early days of their partnership. …
… This week the famed 2019 contract between Microsoft and OpenAI was made public, and the 36-page document defines artificial general intelligence as “a highly autonomous system that outperforms humans at most economically valuable work.” This matches OpenAI’s public definition, too. …
… I think it’s more of an admission that consumer Copilot has failed to compete with Gemini and ChatGPT, and that Suleyman’s time would be better spent on competing with Anthropic and OpenAI, where it matters. …
… That may be in doubt now, after the Journal also reported OpenAI missed revenue and user growth targets. “Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar has told other company leaders that she is worried the company might not be able to pay for future computing contracts if revenue doesn’t grow fast enough,” … …
… Microsoft is testing OpenClaw-like AI bots for Copilot. Microsoft is experimenting with ways to integrate OpenClaw-style features into its Microsoft 365 Copilot assistant. …
… The cloud giant has started notifying workers of the cuts, which are in the “thousands,” sources tell CNBC. …
… Several readers pointed me to Zen, which is basically Arc but open-source and built on Firefox, and it is indeed good enough. …
… The last time we talked to your model provider was OpenAI, I believe. Is that still the primary partner? We partner with OpenAI and Anthropic and then, of course, our own internal models. …