THE MICROSOFT-OPENAI FILES: INTERNAL DOCUMENTS REVEAL THE REALITIES OF AI'S DEFINING ALLIANCE

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Elon Musk's lawsuit accusing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman of abandoning the nonprofit mission has unveiled over 200 documents that offer an inside look into the relationship between OpenAI and Microsoft. Musk, an OpenAI co-founder, is seeking up to $134 billion in damages, with a jury trial scheduled for this Spring. The files reveal how Microsoft pursued, rebuffed, and backed OpenAI at various moments over the past decade. The previously undisclosed emails, messages, slide decks, reports, and deposition transcripts show how Microsoft ultimately shaped the course of the lab that launched the generative AI era.