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MICROSOFT WAS SKEPTICAL OF OPENAI, FEARED AMAZON RIVAL
Internal Microsoft emails from 2018 reveal the company harbored doubts about OpenAI's viability, yet hesitated to distance itself for fear of pushing the startup toward Amazon.
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Leaders at the tech giant were skeptical of OpenAI—but wary of pushing it into the arms of Amazon, according to emails d…