From CNET: OpenAI and Microsoft may be breaking up, potentially leaving Microsoft's Copilot without a, uh, copilot, according to a new report by the Wall Street Journal.
The two tech giants have been in a symbiotic relationship for six years, with Microsoft tapping OpenAI's generative AI technology to power its AI assistant, Copilot, in Windows 11 and Bing.
But amid negotiations to separate the partners-turned-competitors, OpenAI execs have begun discussing whether to accuse Microsoft of anticompetitive behavior during their partnership, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. (Disclosure: Ziff Davis, CNET's parent company, in April filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.) A sudden breakup could make teasing out their integration a bit messy.
Microsoft announced in May that its AI assistant, Copilot, would begin using GPT-4o, OpenAI technology that also powers the paid version of ChatGPT. Copilot was launched in 2023 to add AI across Microsoft's platforms.
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