Microsoft, OpenAI contract talks hinge on AGI, WSJ reports

OpenAI and Microsoft (MSFT) are in contract negotiations that hinge on when OpenAI’s systems will reach artificial general intelligence, The Wall Street Journal’s Berber Jin reports. The contract stipulates that OpenAI can limit Microsoft’s access to its tech when its systems reach AGI, which Microsoft is fighting. Microsoft hopes to remove the AGI clause or secure exclusive access to OpenAI’s IP even after AGI is declared, according to the report. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman had a “super nice” call with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Monday and discussed their future working partnership, Altman said this week in a New York Times podcast. “Obviously in any deep partnership, there are points of tension and we certainly have those,” Altman said. “But on the whole, it’s been like really wonderfully good for both companies.”