Microsoft Tuesday Annual report slipped in a new detail – he briefly mentioned OpenAI as a competitor in AI, search and news advertising, independent of Microsoft 13 billion dollars, years commitment to the creator of ChatGPT. Microsoft is OpenAI's largest investor.

of Microsoft previous annual report only mentioned OpenAI as a partner, not a competitor. The 2023 report stated that OpenAI exclusively uses Microsoft cloud services to power ChatGPT; Microsoft, on the other hand, uses the company's AI models in its products.

Although Microsoft reiterated the partnership in the 2024 report, it added that OpenAI is also a rival.

“Our AI offerings compete with AI products from hyperscalers such as Amazon and Google, as well as products from other emerging competitors, including Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta and other open source offerings,” the 2024 report said.

Microsoft's search and news advertising business also “competes with Google, OpenAI and a wide range of websites,” according to the report.

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of Microsoft 2022 Annual Report mentioned OpenAI only once, as part of Microsoft's Azure OpenAI Service.

^{Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott, right, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, left. Photo: Chona Kasinger/Bloomberg via Getty Images}

In July, Microsoft gave up OpenAI board site amid antitrust scrutiny. US Federal Trade Commission launched an investigation on the Microsoft-OpenAI partnership a month ago, focusing on potential antitrust and data collection issues.

Microsoft's OpenAI partnership took center stage in November during a leadership conflict that lasted five days. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was removed from his post and decided to do just that join Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research team.

“I remain confident in Sam and his leadership and ability, and that's why we want to welcome him to Microsoft,” said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Bloomberg in that time.

Altman eventually returned to lead OpenAI after 95% of the company threatened to give up if he did not return.

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