OpenAI restructures its governance

Governance restructured — OpenAI Group PBC; Microsoft's stake about 27%; a commitment to buy $250 billion of Azure

Why it matters

Moves any declaration of AGI to confirmation by an independent expert panel, and lifts constraints on raising capital

Source — Primary sources first; secondary reports are labelled “Press”

Officialopenai.comhttps://openai.com/index/next-chapter-of-microsoft-openai-partnership/

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