OpenAI goes for Microsoft’s jugular — its Office productivity suite

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OpenAI goes for Microsoft's jugular — its Office productivity suite The relationship between Microsoft and OpenAI, once the biggest bromance in the tech industry, has deteriorated so badly that the companies are now mulling taking "nuclear options" against one another — actions that could seriously damage both companies.  At issue is how much Microsoft's $13 billion investment in OpenAI will be worth if OpenAI goes public, as it plans to do. The companies are locked in an increasingly bitter battle over how Microsoft's investment should be valued. Read more 6 mins

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