OpenAI and Microsoft looked like an artificial intelligence power couple, but the AI lab’s growth started to make Microsoft feel a bit boxed in. After all, it’s actually the trillion-dollar company, not just a theoretical one. So rather than stay locked into a relationship that was holding it back, Microsoft decided it was time to prove that it can achieve superintelligence on its own. The two haven’t officially broken up, but back in April, they updated the terms of their relationship in a way that left the door very open for exploring new partnerships and effectively killed their work together on artificial general intelligence. Now Microsoft’s head of AI, Mustafa Suleyman, is running the “I’m not officially single, but it’s coming” playbook. In recent interviews, he’s been flaunting his company’s vast infrastructure, which he’s not saying has definitely been held back by OpenAI, but he is saying is far more powerful than just being the processing power for someone else’s model. “I guess the last 15 to 18 months or so we’ve been on this journey to reestablish our relationship with OpenAI, and it’s taken a minute. I think it culminated in a new contract that we got done in October
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This article was published on June 18, 2026 The Seattle startup, founded by four ex-SpaceX and Microsoft engineers, has raised more than $110mn in 16 months to plug AI agents into the marketing tools enterprises already run, from Adobe to…
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This article was published on June 18, 2026 The Seattle startup, founded by four ex-SpaceX and Microsoft engineers, has raised more than $110mn in 16 months to plug AI agents into the marketing tools enterprises already…
Read original at The Next Web →Microsoft, now free of the shackles that previously tied it to OpenAI, apparently has eyes for other AI models—particularly ones that are cheap. According to a report from Axios, tokenmaxxing is taking its toll on…
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This article was published on June 18, 2026 The Seattle startup, founded by four ex-SpaceX and Microsoft engineers, has raised more than $110mn in 16 months to plug AI agents into the marketing tools enterprises already run, from Adobe to…
View source →Microsoft, now free of the shackles that previously tied it to OpenAI, apparently has eyes for other AI models—particularly ones that are cheap. According to a report from Axios, tokenmaxxing is taking its toll on Microsoft’s AI tool…
View source →There are three things you need to know about Microsoft's latest generation of Surface devices: They look the same as before; they're powered by Qualcomm's new X2 chips; and most importantly, they're significantly more expensive than…
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