Court documents reveal Microsoft's early fears that OpenAI would partner with Amazon over Azure
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Tom Warren
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Summary
Court documents from the Musk v. Altman trial reveal internal Microsoft communications about the early days of their partnership with OpenAI. In 2017, after OpenAI's Dota 2 bot beat a professional player, Sam Altman responded to Satya Nadella's congratulations with a proposal for a larger partnership. The documents show Microsoft executives were concerned that OpenAI might partner with Amazon instead and "shit-talk" Microsoft's Azure cloud platform.
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Altman responded to Nadella's congratulations email with a proposal for a much bigger partnership
Court documents from the ongoing Musk v. Altman trial have provided a rare look at the communications between Microsoft's top executives
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