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Microsoft and OpenAI

Microsoft and OpenAI have been close for years.

Satya Nadella with Sam Altman at a conference

Microsoft invested $1 billion into OpenAI in 2019.

Earlier this year,Microsoft invested an additional $10 billionin OpenAI, according to several reports.

OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman almost swapped from OpenAI to Microsoft just last month.

Sam Altman and Satya Nadella on stage

OpenAI’s board fired Altman in a shocking move that led to chaos.

At one point, Altman was set to lead a newly formedadvanced AI research team at Microsoft.

That, however, never transpired as Altman decided to return to OpenAI as CEO.

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The fact that Microsoft uses OpenAI tech in Bing andCopilotis also important.

This is an ongoing story, and we will update it as more information becomes available.

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Satya Nadella and Sam Altman at OpenAI Dev Day

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Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI.

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