Microsoft Changes OpenAI Pact to Allow Use of Rival Cloud Services
The software giant was previously the exclusive cloud provider for OpenAI and now retains right of first refusal.
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Microsoft Corp. has altered its multiyear deal with OpenAI and will now let the artificial intelligence startup use cloud-computing services from rival providers, so long as the software giant doesn’t want the business itself.
The agreement, which runs until 2030, will give Microsoft right of first refusal when OpenAI seeks computing horsepower to train and run its AI models, Microsoft said in a statement Tuesday. Previously Microsoft was the exclusive cloud provider for OpenAI, but last year it approved a one-time exemption that enabled the startup to buy some capacity from Oracle Corp.