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As you may know, most of Microsoft’s AI-powered models are backed by OpenAI’s technology.

Perhaps more interestingly, Benioff claimed, “Mustafa Suleyman and Sam Altman aren’t best friends.”

Marc Benioff, chief executive officer of Salesforce Inc., speaks during a keynote at the 2024 Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024.

He attributed his deductions to last year’s Davos conference, where both executives were on the panel.

He added that they both seemed uneasy around each other, potentially highlighting friction between Microsoft and OpenAI.

However, both parties signed a new agreement that gives Microsoft the right of first refusal.

Sam Altman in a courtroom setting

For context, Microsoft will be the first option to host OpenAI workloads in its cloud infrastructure and services.

However, if it can’t meet the requirements, OpenAI can source the services from competitors.

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son indicated that AGI is coming very soon with the launch of Stargate.

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Interestingly, the executive’s remarks reiterate Sam Altman’s remarks thatAGi could be achieved sooner than anticipatedwithcurrent hardware.

“We have some very cool stuff for you but pls chill and cut your expectations 100x!”

However, it seems OpenAI might be close to achieving AGI.

Satya Nadella with Sam Altman at a conference

Sam Altman claimed thatOpenAI knows how to build AGIand could shift its focus to superintelligence.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, February 2023

Sam Altman and Satya Nadella on stage

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