Microsoft’s absence from OpenAI’s Stargate announcement follows months of tension between the companies and signals a new era in which the longtime partners will be less reliant on each other. At a White House press conference,

Stargate is little more than an extension of Sam Altman's powerful AI company, anonymous sources told the Financial Times.

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