Simon Willison's WeblogApril 27, 2026

Tracking the history of the now-deceased OpenAI Microsoft AGI clause

by Simon Willison's Weblog

For many years, Microsoft and OpenAI's relationship has included a weird clause saying that, should AGI be achieved, Microsoft's commercial IP rights to OpenAI's technology would be null and void. That clause appeared to end today. I decided to try and track its expression over time on