Microsoft, OpenAI change terms of deal so startup can court Amazon & others

Microsoft and OpenAI renegotiated a pact that let Microsoft exclusively sell the ChatGPT creator’s artificial intelligence models, clearing the way for the startup to forge new deals with rivals to the software and enterprise giant, including Amazon.

The loosened ties between Microsoft and OpenAI, which have been expected for a while, are a sweeping change to one of the AI era’s most consequential alliances. It is arguably advantageous for both companies.