One reason the world’s corporate elite jet off to Davos each year is to check in on important relationships, be they with critical suppliers or big-spending customers. This year many are wondering about their relationships with Microsoft and OpenAI, the startup behind ChatGPT. The companies are the world’s most prominent purveyors of artificial intelligence (AI), which has the business world giddy. OpenAI exclusively licenses its technology to Microsoft. The software giant is busy injecting it into products from Word to Windows.
The relationship between the two companies is also under scrutiny. In November Sam Altman, OpenAI’s boss, was fired by his board, only
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