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OpenAI and Microsoft Deepen Partnership with $10B Expansion
The new agreement grants Microsoft exclusive cloud rights to GPT-5 and subsequent models, effectively locking in the arrangement.
By Ella Johnson
Software, hardware and the industry behind them.

The new agreement grants Microsoft exclusive cloud rights to GPT-5 and subsequent models, effectively locking in the arrangement.
The proposed framework would require large platforms to publish independently audited risk assessments twice a year.
A survey of 1,200 maintainers found most spend unpaid hours triaging vulnerability reports for widely used libraries.
Production is scheduled to begin in 2028. The company would not be drawn on the customer mix.
Four of the seven largest operators reported figures. The rest declined, citing commercial sensitivity.