![]() Speaking shortly before an agreement was announced for Altman’s reinstatement, Nadella added: “There is no OpenAI without, sort of, Microsoft leaning in, in a deep way, to partner with this company on their mission.” The Microsoft chief executive, Satya Nadella, said in the wake of the 17 November firing that his company had not been consulted on the decision. “Essentially the CMA wants to find out what changes were made to the partnership and, in the wider context of CMA/UK government considering the regulation of the AI sector, whether there is anything worth delving further into.” “What is interesting here is that the CMA is referencing ‘recent developments’ in the Microsoft/Open AI partnership – presumably the fallout from the recent Sam Altman affair,” said Alex Haffner, a partner at Fladgate, a London law firm. ![]() ![]() Microsoft now has a non-voting observer seat on the OpenAI board. Last month, OpenAI’s board fired and then reappointed its chief executive, Sam Altman, and announced the formation of a new board. The CMA said “recent developments” had prompted the organisation to review whether the partnership had resulted in “an acquisition of control”.
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