微软曾担心OpenAI投奔亚马逊并抹黑Azure
2018年的邮件显示，微软投资OpenAI的10亿美元部分是为了阻止该初创公司投奔亚马逊并诋毁Azure。
Court documents from the Elon Musk v. Sam Altman trial expose Microsoft's internal logic before its $1 billion OpenAI investment. Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott told CEO Satya Nadella in 2018 that refusing OpenAI's request for compute funding risked the startup "storming off to Amazon" and "shit-talk[ing]" Azure. While executives questioned the ROI of covering OpenAI's compute costs, Microsoft ultimately moved forward with the deal to prevent competitors from gaining OpenAI's influence and credibility in the AI community.