OpenAI has tried to change its deal with Microsoft; Microsoft has tried hedging its bet on OpenAI. The “best bromance in tech” may be unraveling.

Microsoft partnership with OpenAI has become increasingly strained by the AI startup’s need for more funding and computing power, Microsoft’s recruitment of leaders from OpenAI rival Inflection AI, and questions over the Redmond company’s equity stake in any future version of OpenAI as a for-profit company.

The New York Times on Thursday published a look at the “fraying” relationship between OpenAI and its investor, partner, and, increasingly, rival, Microsoft, reporting their five-year romance has cooled owing to financial pressure on OpenAI,

One of the tech industry’s biggest hype men, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, is psyched about AI, but points out that it hasn't cured cancer.

Benioff has attacked Copilot for months as he promotes Salesforce’s own AI product.

Benioff first compared Copilot to Clippy at Salesforce's Dreamforce conference last month and doubled down on the comment this week.