Microsoft retains 27% stake in OpenAI but loses exclusive access as companies amend partnership agreement

Microsoft and OpenAI amended their agreement to allow OpenAI to partner with Microsoft's competitors, according to the article.

Microsoft holds a 27% stake in OpenAI and previously had exclusive access to the company's large-language model products (AI systems that understand and generate text).

The change means Microsoft no longer has exclusive rights to OpenAI's LLM products, even as it maintains its ownership stake.