The companies also are rewriting the terms of a wider contract that was drafted when Microsoft and OpenAI first unveiled an exclusive partnership in 2019, the Financial Times repo

OpenAI and Microsoft are rewriting terms of their multibillion-dollar partnership in a negotiation designed to allow the ChatGPT maker to launch a future IPO, while protecting the software giant's access to cutting-edge AI models,

Once the best of friends, OpenAI and its most important financial backer Microsoft Corp. are now involved in tough negotiations over the future of their partnership.