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Yahoo
29-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Microsoft in talks to maintain access to OpenAI's tech beyond AGI milestone
Microsoft is reportedly in advanced talks with OpenAI for a new agreement that would give it ongoing access to the startup's technology even if OpenAI achieves what it defines as AGI, or advanced general intelligence. If the deal goes through, it would clear a key hurdle in OpenAI's transition toward becoming a fully commercial enterprise. The companies have been negotiating regularly, and they could come to an agreement in a few weeks, Bloomberg reports, citing three anonymous sources. The report cited some of the sources as saying that while the talks have been positive, other roadblocks could emerge in the form of regulatory scrutiny and Elon Musk's lawsuit to block OpenAI's for-profit transition. OpenAI is currently structured as a mission-driven non-profit that oversees a capped for-profit company – a setup that's meant to limit how fully it can commercialize or raise money. That structure hasn't stopped it from raising billions and operating like a traditional tech company, but OpenAI still wants to shake off its constraints. Microsoft, OpenAI's biggest backer with $13.75 billion invested and rights to some of the ChatGPT maker's IP, has put up meaningful roadblocks to OpenAI's future as a for-profit company, with talks dragging on for months. Microsoft wants a bigger stake in the restructured company and seeks to secure its access to OpenAI's tech beyond the current deal, which ends in 2030 or whenever OpenAI says it has achieved AGI — though no one can really agree on what that means. Microsoft has built its Azure OpenAI Service around the smaller company's models, and has integrated the startup's tech into Copilot across Windows, Office, and Github. If OpenAI suddenly declares it has achieved AGI and cuts off access, Microsoft would lose a huge strategic advantage. The ChatGPT maker has reportedly also told its investors that it expects to pay Microsoft a lower share of its revenue as it progresses. A source told Bloomberg that OpenAI also hopes to guarantee that Microsoft deploys OpenAI's technology safely, especially as it nears AGI. Microsoft also stands to gain from OpenAI becoming a for-profit company. The current setup caps investor returns, so a more standard structure would give Microsoft a chance to receive formal equity and significant returns, in addition to access to OpenAI's tech. Bloomberg reports that the two companies have been negotiating an equity stake for Microsoft in the low- to mid-30% range.
TechCrunch
29-07-2025
- Business
- TechCrunch
Microsoft in talks to maintain access to OpenAI's tech beyond AGI milestone
Microsoft is reportedly in advanced talks with OpenAI for a new agreement that would give it ongoing access to the startup's technology even if OpenAI achieves what it defines as AGI, or advanced general intelligence. If the deal goes through, it would clear a key hurdle in OpenAI's transition toward becoming a fully commercial enterprise. The companies have been negotiating regularly, and they could come to an agreement in a few weeks, Bloomberg reports, citing three anonymous sources. The report cited some of the sources as saying that while the talks have been positive, other roadblocks could emerge in the form of regulatory scrutiny and Elon Musk's lawsuit to block OpenAI's for-profit transition. OpenAI is currently structured as a mission-driven non-profit that oversees a capped for-profit company – a setup that's meant to limit how fully it can commercialize or raise money. That structure hasn't stopped it from raising billions and operating like a traditional tech company, but OpenAI still wants to shake off its constraints. Microsoft, OpenAI's biggest backer with $13.75 billion invested and rights to some of the ChatGPT maker's IP, has put up meaningful roadblocks to OpenAI's future as a for-profit company, with talks dragging on for months. Microsoft wants a bigger stake in the restructured company and seeks to secure its access to OpenAI's tech beyond the current deal, which ends in 2030 or whenever OpenAI says it has achieved AGI — though no one can really agree on what that means. Microsoft has built its Azure OpenAI Service around the smaller company's models, and has integrated the startup's tech into Copilot across Windows, Office, and Github. If OpenAI suddenly declares it has achieved AGI and cuts off access, Microsoft would lose a huge strategic advantage. The ChatGPT maker has reportedly also told its investors that it expects to pay Microsoft a lower share of its revenue as it progresses. A source told Bloomberg that OpenAI also hopes to guarantee that Microsoft deploys OpenAI's technology safely, especially as it nears AGI. Techcrunch event Tech and VC heavyweights join the Disrupt 2025 agenda Netflix, ElevenLabs, Wayve, Sequoia Capital — just a few of the heavy hitters joining the Disrupt 2025 agenda. They're here to deliver the insights that fuel startup growth and sharpen your edge. Don't miss the 20th anniversary of TechCrunch Disrupt, and a chance to learn from the top voices in tech — grab your ticket now and save up to $675 before prices rise. Tech and VC heavyweights join the Disrupt 2025 agenda Netflix, ElevenLabs, Wayve, Sequoia Capital — just a few of the heavy hitters joining the Disrupt 2025 agenda. They're here to deliver the insights that fuel startup growth and sharpen your edge. Don't miss the 20th anniversary of TechCrunch Disrupt, and a chance to learn from the top voices in tech — grab your ticket now and save up to $675 before prices rise. San Francisco | REGISTER NOW Microsoft also stands to gain from OpenAI becoming a for-profit company. The current setup caps investor returns, so a more standard structure would give Microsoft a chance to receive formal equity and significant returns, in addition to access to OpenAI's tech. Bloomberg reports that the two companies have been negotiating an equity stake for Microsoft in the low- to mid-30% range. Got a sensitive tip or confidential documents? We're reporting on the inner workings of the AI industry — from the companies shaping its future to the people impacted by their decisions. Reach out to Rebecca Bellan at and Maxwell Zeff at For secure communication, you can contact us via Signal at @rebeccabellan.491 and @mzeff.88.
Time of India
18-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
How 'discounts' on ChatGPT software may be straining OpenAI's ties with Microsoft
OpenAI is offering significant discounts on its enterprise version of ChatGPT, a move that has created tension with its major backer, Microsoft, a report has claimed. These discounts, typically ranging from 10% to 20%, are being offered to clients who sign multi-year contracts and bundle multiple OpenAI services, such as its API, the Deep Research agent, or the Codex coding assistant. The report says that the discounts may put OpenAI in direct competition with Microsoft's own offerings, particularly its Azure OpenAI Service , which allows businesses to access OpenAI's models through Microsoft's cloud infrastructure. This potential overlap may be the source of the friction between the two AI powerhouses. The strategy appears to be a direct bid to increase overall revenue and customer lock-in across OpenAI's diverse product portfolio. Notably, OpenAI is said to be eying expanding its customer base and achieving a target of $15 billion in ChatGPT-related enterprise revenue by 2030. As of earlier this year, OpenAI boasted $100 million in revenue from ChatGPT Enterprise and reported over three million paying business subscribers across its various ChatGPT plans. However, these discounted offerings are directly competing with Microsoft's sales teams, particularly for its Copilot AI services , reportedly leading to increased tension in their partnership. OpenAI's $3 billion acquisition has escalated tensions with Microsoft: Report According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, both companies are reportedly entangled in their most significant dispute to date, centred on OpenAI's recent $3 billion acquisition of coding firm Windsurf. It also said that tensions have escalated to the point where OpenAI executives have discussed filing antitrust complaints against Microsoft. The core of the disagreement lies in Microsoft's existing access to all of OpenAI's intellectual property under their current partnership agreement. OpenAI is now seeking to block Microsoft from accessing Windsurf's technology, particularly given that Microsoft offers its own competing AI coding product, GitHub Copilot. This acquisition has seemingly deepened existing cracks in their relationship, the report noted, adding that the increasing conflict has prompted some OpenAI executives to internally deliberate accusations of anticompetitive practices against Microsoft. AI Masterclass for Students. Upskill Young Ones Today!– Join Now
CNBC
21-05-2025
- Business
- CNBC
Walmart AI details leaked during Microsoft Build conference
Microsoft AI security chief Neta Haiby showed a confidential Teams chat to a room full of people on Tuesday, revealing details from the company's artificial intelligence plan for Walmart, according to materials viewed by CNBC. Protesters interrupted the Microsoft Build session on best security practices and Haiby switched her screen share amid the ruckus, showing that Walmart, one of Microsoft's most significant customers, was "ready to ROCK AND ROLL with [Microsoft's] Entra Web and Al Gateway." The message, posted by Leigh Samons, a principal cloud solution architect at Microsoft, detailed the process for how Microsoft would go about integrating its technology into Walmart's processes. It also said that one of Walmart's tools needed extra safeguards. "MyAssistant is one they build that is overly powerful and needs guardrails," the message said, referencing a tool Walmart created and built last summer that "leverages a unique build of Walmart proprietary data, technology and large language models in Azure OpenAI Service," according to a January press release. The tool helps store associates summarize long documents, create new marketing content and more, per the release. The internal Teams message also cited a "distinguished" AI engineer at Walmart as saying, "Microsoft is WAY ahead of Google with Al Security. We are excited to go down this path with you." The Verge was first to report on the AI plans. CNBC has reached out to Microsoft and Walmart for comment. The protest singled out Sarah Bird, Microsoft's head of responsible AI who was part of the Build panel with Haiby. Haiby herself was formerly a member of the Israeli Defense Forces, according to a years-old Tumblr page viewed by CNBC. Haiby did not immediately respond to a request for comment. "Sarah Bird, you are whitewashing the crimes of Microsoft in Palestine," Hossam Nasr, an organizer with the group No Azure for Apartheid, said, continuing, "How dare you talk about..." before the livestream audio was muted. Nasr was one of the Microsoft employees terminated last year after planning a vigil for Palestinians killed in Gaza. The protest and the reveal of Walmart's AI plans followed another disruption earlier that day at Microsoft's Build developer conference in Seattle when an unnamed Palestinian tech worker disrupted a speech by Jay Parikh, Microsoft's head of CoreAI. "Jay, you are complicit in the genocide in Gaza," the tech worker, who did not wish to share his name for fear of retaliation, said. "My people are suffering because of you. How dare you. How dare you talk about AI when my people are suffering. Cut ties with Israel." He then called to "free Palestine" and said, "No Azure for apartheid," a nod to the group and its petition. On Monday, Microsoft software engineer Joe Lopez interrupted CEO Satya Nadella's keynote speech onstage, saying, "Satya, how about you show them how Microsoft is killing Palestinians? How about you show them how Israeli war crimes are powered by Azure?" The recent disruptions are part of a mounting string of protests at Microsoft events over the Israeli military's use of the company's AI products. At Microsoft's 50th anniversary event last month, two Microsoft software engineers publicly protested during executive presentations. The roles of both employees were terminated soon after, according to documents viewed by CNBC. At the April event, Ibtihal Aboussad, then a software engineer in the company's AI division, interrupted Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman's speech. "Mustafa, shame on you," Aboussad said as she walked toward the stage at the event in Redmond, Washington. "You claim that you care for using AI for good, but Microsoft sells AI weapons to the Israeli military. Fifty thousand people have died, and Microsoft powers this genocide in our region." "You have blood on your hands," she said before being swiftly escorted out. "All of Microsoft has blood on its hands." Although the Microsoft protests centered on the Israeli military's use of its technology, AI companies in recent months have been walking back bans on broader military use of their products and entering into deals with defense industry giants and the Defense Department. In November, Anthropic and defense contractor Palantir announced a partnership with Amazon Web Services to provide U.S. intelligence and defense agencies access to Anthropic's Claude AI models. Palantir recently signed a new five-year deal worth up to $100 million to expand U.S. military access to its Maven AI warfare program. OpenAI and Anduril announced a partnership allowing the defense tech company to deploy advanced AI systems for "national security missions." And last month, Scale AI forged a deal with the Department of Defense for a multimillion-dollar flagship AI agent program.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
U.S. Oncology Information Systems Market Report 2025-2030: Revenues to Reach $1.38 Billion, Led by Elekta, Accuray, and Varian Medical Systems (Siemens Healthineers)
Dublin, May 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "U.S. Oncology Information Systems Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report by Products & Services (Software, Professional Services), Application (Medical Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Radiation Oncology), End Use, with Growth Forecasts, 2025-2030" report has been added to U.S. Oncology Information Systems Market was valued at USD 900.29 Million in 2024, and is projected to reach USD 1.38 Billion by 2030, rising at a CAGR of 7.40%. The growing prevalence of cancer among various demographics and the rising demand for advanced innovative oncology information systems (OIS) are some of the driving factors for the U.S. oncology information systems industry. Oncology information solutions deployment is high in hospitals & cancer research institutes in the U.S. due to the rise in the prevalence of cancer and the increase in healthcare expenditure U.S. OIS industry is poised for significant growth, driven by the rising cancer burden and the increasing integration of advanced healthcare IT solutions. According to the National Cancer Institute, over 2 million new cancer cases are projected to be diagnosed in the U.S. in 2024, with an estimated 611,720 cancer-related deaths. This escalating disease incidence necessitates robust data management and clinical decision support systems, thereby accelerating the demand for OIS platforms across healthcare the healthcare sector in the U.S. has witnessed a surge in the adoption of digital technologies aimed at optimizing workflows, administrative functions, and patient care delivery. Oncology information systems, equipped with advanced functionalities such as treatment planning, data visualization, and patient tracking, have emerged as critical tools for improving clinical outcomes and operational increased investment in oncology R&D, supported by both public and private organizations, is fostering product innovation. For instance, the American Brachytherapy Society (ABS), a prominent nonprofit founded in 1978, actively supports the advancement of brachytherapy through professional education, research promotion, and awareness-building initiatives. Such organizations play a pivotal role in driving innovation and knowledge dissemination in oncology addition, the growing integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into oncology workflows is expected to further propel market expansion. In October 2024, Ontada, a McKesson Corporation subsidiary, partnered with Microsoft to utilize Azure AI, including Azure OpenAI Service, to enhance the processing of unstructured oncology data. This collaboration aims to extract actionable insights from complex clinical documents, ultimately supporting data-driven treatment planning and real-time decision-making.U.S. Oncology Information Systems Market Report: SegmentationThis report forecasts revenue growth at the country level and provides an analysis of the latest industry trends in each of the sub-segments from 2018 to 2030. For this study, the analyst has segmented the U.S. oncology information systems market report based on products & services, application, and end use:Products & Services Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2018-2030) Software Professional Services Application Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2018-2030) Medical Oncology Radiation Oncology Surgical Oncology End Use Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2018-2030) Hospitals & Diagnostic Imaging Centers Ablation Care Centers and Cancer Care Centers Government Institutions Research Facilities Why Should You Buy This Report? Comprehensive Market Analysis: Gain detailed insights into the market across major regions and segments. Competitive Landscape: Explore the market presence of key players. Future Trends: Discover the pivotal trends and drivers shaping the future of the market. Actionable Recommendations: Utilize insights to uncover new revenue streams and guide strategic business decisions. This report addresses: Market intelligence to enable effective decision-making Market estimates and forecasts from 2018 to 2030 Growth opportunities and trend analyses Segment and regional revenue forecasts for market assessment Competition strategy and market share analysis Product innovation listings for you to stay ahead of the curve Key Attributes Report Attribute Details No. of Pages 100 Forecast Period 2024-2030 Estimated Market Value (USD) in 2024 $900.29 Million Forecasted Market Value (USD) by 2030 $1380 Million Compound Annual Growth Rate 7.4% Regions Covered United States The companies profiled in this U.S. Oncology Information Systems market report include: Elekta AB Accuray Incorporated Varian Medical Systems (Siemens Healthineers) RaySearch Laboratories Cerner Corporation (Oracle Corporation) BrainLab Philips Healthcare Prowess, Inc. DOSIsoft S.A. ViewRay Inc. 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