Microsoft’s Nadella Disputes Musk Claim of Controlling OpenAI

  • Small firms very much have a chance to compete in AI, CEO says
  • Musk alleged OpenAI was effectively under Microsoft’s control

Satya Nadella

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Microsoft Corp. is not in control of OpenAI, Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella said in an interview aired Tuesday, disputing the allegation by Elon Musk.

Musk had claimed that Microsoft, by virtue of its multibillion-dollar investment in ChatGPT maker OpenAI, was effectively in control of the startup. Nadella pushed back on that claim and went further in saying that small players very much have a chance to compete against large firms like his and Alphabet Inc.’s Google.