Musk v. Altman Evidence Shows What Microsoft Executives Thought of OpenAI

# Microsoft Was Skeptical of OpenAI but Worried About Losing It to Amazon Microsoft's executives had doubts about whether OpenAI would succeed, but they were even more concerned about Amazon swooping in to partner with the startup instead, according to old emails from 2018. This reveals that major tech companies were playing a careful game—expressing caution about a young AI company while simultaneously racing to secure a relationship with it. The tension shows how valuable AI technology was becoming, even before today's AI boom.