微软与OpenAI签署了深化合作的谅解备忘录，标志着双方将共同推进AI技术的下一阶段发展。此次合作重点在于为所有人提供最佳AI工具，并坚守安全承诺。微软自2019年以来已向OpenAI投资130亿美元，并分享ChatGPT及API的收入。同时，微软正加大对自身AI模型的投入，计划建立内部的先进模型研发能力，但也表示将根据需求灵活使用外部模型。OpenAI的非营利母公司将继续掌握对营利性业务的控制权，其股权价值超过1000亿美元。尽管面临一些监管审查，双方均表示将积极配合，致力于AI工具的安全性和普惠性。

🤝 **强化伙伴关系，共建AI未来**：微软与OpenAI签署了深化合作的谅解备忘录，旨在为AI技术的下一阶段发展奠定基础。双方将共同致力于为所有用户提供卓越的AI工具，并始终将AI安全置于核心位置，体现了双方对负责任AI发展的共同愿景。

💰 **持续投资与收益共享**：自2019年起，微软已累计向OpenAI投资130亿美元，并与OpenAI共享ChatGPT及其API产生的收入。这种紧密的财务联系进一步巩固了双方在AI领域的战略合作关系，为OpenAI的持续创新提供了坚实支持。

🚀 **微软自主研发与多元化模型策略**：微软正积极加大对自身AI模型的投入，目标是建立能够自主研发各类先进模型的能力。然而，微软也采取务实的态度，表示将根据实际需求灵活选用其他模型，以实现最高效和最优质的AI服务。

⚖️ **OpenAI治理结构与监管配合**：OpenAI的非营利母公司将继续对营利性业务拥有控制权，其股权价值已超过1000亿美元。OpenAI正积极与加州和特拉华州的司法部长沟通，以加强其AI安全措施，并致力于在整个行业内推动安全成为优先事项。

As OpenAI attempts to restructure itself and eventually go public, a hurdle for the startup, recently valued at $500 billion, is its increasingly complicated partnership with Microsoft.  On Thursday afternoon, the two companies released this joint statement about an agreement they’ve reached.

Microsoft & OpenAI:

Microsoft and OpenAI have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the next phase of our partnership. We are actively working to finalize contractual terms in a definitive agreement. Together, we remain focused on delivering the best AI tools for everyone, grounded in our shared commitment to safety.

Microsoft has invested $13 billion in OpenAI since 2019, and shares in the revenue earned by ChatGPT as well as its API. Microsoft also now includes OpenAI as a competitor, allows OpenAI to lean on other cloud providers for compute power, and has started to increase its reliance on its own AI models.

In a company town hall meeting on Thursday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and AI chief Mustafa Suleyman committed to “significant investments in its own models. “We should have the capacity to build world class frontier models in house of all sizes, but we should be very pragmatic and use other models where we need to,” said Suleyman.

There was one specific detail about the agreement with Microsoft released by OpenAI in another statement, saying that its nonprofit parent company will continue to hold authority over the for-profit business, with an equity stake worth more than $100 billion. 

Other philanthropies and nonprofits have reportedly pushed back against OpenAI’s unusual restructuring plan, and the attorneys general of California and Delaware have opened investigations. In its announcement, OpenAI said, “We continue to work with the California and Delaware Attorneys General as an important part of strengthening our approach, and we remain committed to learning and acting with urgency to ensure our tools are helpful and safe for everyone, while advancing safety as an industry-wide priority.”