#Microsoft (#MSFT) has made significant changes to its partnership with #OpenAI, allowing the #AI company more freedom in expanding its data center capabilities. Here are the key points from the recent developments:

Relaxed Restrictions: Microsoft has lifted some of the exclusive rights it previously held over OpenAI's data center operations, enabling OpenAI to build additional capacity for research and model training. This change comes after OpenAI announced a joint venture with Oracle and Japan's SoftBank Group to invest up to $500 billion in AI data centers in the U.S.

Continued Exclusivity on APIs: Despite the relaxed grip on data center development, Microsoft retains exclusive rights to OpenAI's application programming interface (API), which is crucial for software developers and business customers looking to access OpenAI's services. This means that Oracle will not be able to host OpenAI's primary revenue-generating services.

Future Collaborations: Microsoft has indicated that it will continue to support OpenAI through revenue-sharing agreements and has made a new commitment to Azure, its cloud computing service, to support all OpenAI products and training initiatives.
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