Microsoft was worried OpenAI would run off to Amazon and ‘shit-talk’ Azure
When OpenAI was busy experimenting with AI-powered gaming bots, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman were in the early days of forming an AI partnership. …
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Now that OpenAI’s Microsoft exclusivity is over, it has a new deal with Amazon and AWS.
… Link: AWS and OpenAI announce expanded partnership to bring frontier intelligence to the infrastructure you already trust | https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/bedrock-openai-models | Amazon News
Gucci-branded Google smart glasses are coming next year
… Last year, Google also announced glasses partnerships with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, but neither brand is as high profile as Gucci. …
Google I/O 2026: How to watch and what to expect
… Google announced multiple smart glasses partnerships at the time, as well. It’s possible Google has some glasses from those partnerships ready to show off this year. …
Here’s how the new Microsoft and OpenAI deal breaks down
… It leaves Microsoft and OpenAI with a partnership that’s a lot more about finances than close collaboration on the future of AI. They’ll still be closely linked, but the partnership-turned-situationship is looking a lot less complicated than before. …
Microsoft teases new Surface hardware and ‘a new era of PC’
… I wrote yesterday that a partnership between Microsoft and Nvidia on these chips would make a lot of sense, and Microsoft may well be teasing the announcement of Nvidia’s chips and potential Surface hardware to house them in. …
Samsung’s first smart glasses have leaked
… It’s one of several partnerships Google has lined up for Android XR, including Warby Parker, Gentle Monster, and, most recently, Gucci.
Spotify is launching AI-generated remixes
… But this appears to be the first product of that partnership. …
Microsoft brings Xbox back, scraps Microsoft Gaming
… Sharma held an internal town hall with Xbox employees today, just days after announcing an Xbox Game Pass price cut, commenting on the status of the Xbox mobile store, and teasing a mysterious Xbox and Discord partnership. …
Spotify now sells printed books
… The partnership was announced in February, with Bookshop.org founder and CEO Andy Hunter saying at the time that “Spotify is bringing in more readers, and I’m all for anything that grows the size of the pie.” This, alongside other updates announced today, aim to make it easier to jump into your nex… …