NEWS:Microsoft and OpenAI lock in new deal The agreement keeps OpenAI as Microsoft’s go-to frontier AI partner and preserves Azure’s exclusive API rights -Microsoft’s rights to models and products run through 2032, including post-AGI systems (with safety clauses). - OpenAI’s declaration of AGI must now be verified by an independent expert panel. - Rights to internal R&D methods end at AGI or 2030 — whichever hits first. Excludes weights, code, and hardware. -Microsoft has no claim on OpenAI’s consumer devices. $MSFT