Tag: Microsoft
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Microsoft Gave Up OpenAI Exclusivity, Then Built OpenAI’s Rival
Microsoft is no longer OpenAI’s exclusive partner. Since April 27, 2026, Microsoft’s license to OpenAI’s models has been non-exclusive, and OpenAI can sell its products through any cloud provider, including Amazon and Google. What has not changed is the money.…
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Microsoft and OpenAI’s Relationship Is No Longer Exclusive. Here’s What Changed
Microsoft and OpenAI are no longer exclusive partners under the terms either company has published. As of an amendment dated April 27, 2026, OpenAI can sell its products through any cloud provider, and Microsoft no longer holds an exclusive license…
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Microsoft AI Returns Face a Hardware Refresh Test
Microsoft AI returns are no longer just a promise attached to a spending plan. Microsoft’s fiscal 2026 fourth-quarter figures give us unusually concrete evidence of demand: Azure’s annual revenue passed $100 billion, while Microsoft 365 Copilot exceeded 30 million paid…
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Microsoft Weighs Swapping ChatGPT for China’s Kimi K3
Here’s a detail that stopped me mid-scroll: the company that helped fund OpenAI is reportedly shopping around for a cheaper alternative.
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Microsoft’s 570-Flaw Patch Reveals AI’s Security Blind Spot
I noticed something odd this week: the same month Wall Street calls AI spending a “multi-year super cycle,” Microsoft quietly disclosed the largest batch of security flaws in its history.
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Microsoft Trimmed OpenAI Ties, Then Deepened Them
I keep coming back to how strategy and product decisions inside big tech companies don’t always move in the same direction at the same time.
