OpenAI and Microsoft Announce Cybersecurity Collaboration Amid Internal Tensions

ME News reports that on April 23 (UTC+8), according to monitoring by Beating, OpenAI and Microsoft jointly issued a statement on LinkedIn under the auspices of their respective CISO offices, announcing an expansion of their cybersecurity collaboration. OpenAI is providing Microsoft with its most advanced cybersecurity models through the “Trusted Access for Cyber” initiative, while Microsoft is deploying its cybersecurity team to assist in protecting OpenAI’s models and infrastructure. The statement emphasized that “the two parties have collaborated for years and are building upon this foundation.” This announcement comes against the backdrop of recent public tensions between the two companies. A leaked internal memo from OpenAI, disclosed by CNBC on April 13, revealed that Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser told employees that “Microsoft has restricted our ability to reach customers where they are, which for many enterprises is Bedrock,” and praised the “stunning” customer demand generated by its partnership with Amazon. The memo also accused Anthropic of inflating its annualized revenue by approximately $8 billion out of $30 billion, claiming that Anthropic recognizes full revenue from its revenue-sharing agreements with Amazon and Google (gross-up accounting), whereas OpenAI recognizes net revenue from its share with Microsoft. Anthropic responded that gross-up accounting complies with GAAP. (Source: BlockBeats)