内容来源：https://www.theverge.com/news/776884/openai-microsoft-mou

内容总结：

在OpenAI筹备重组架构并推进上市计划之际，这家估值高达5000亿美元的初创公司正面临与微软日益复杂的合作关系挑战。近日，双方发布联合声明宣布达成新协议，为OpenAI的IPO扫清道路。

根据协议，微软与OpenAI签署了具有约束力的合作备忘录，正就最终协议条款展开磋商。双方强调将继续聚焦人工智能工具开发，并共同坚守安全承诺。自2019年以来，微软已向OpenAI投资130亿美元，享有ChatGPT及其API收入分成。值得注意的是，微软在将OpenAI列为竞争对手的同时，也允许其使用其他云服务商的计算资源，并逐步加大自有AI模型的研发投入。

微软CEO纳德拉与AI业务负责人苏莱曼在内部会议上宣布将加大对自有模型的"重大投资"，强调既要自主研发前沿模型，也要务实采用第三方技术。OpenAI特别声明，其非营利母公司将继续掌控营利性子公司的治理权，持有估值超1000亿美元的股权。

目前，多个慈善机构与非营利组织已对OpenAI特殊的重组方案提出质疑，加州和特拉华州总检察长办公室已启动调查。OpenAI表示正积极配合调查工作，承诺以紧迫态度确保工具安全可靠，并推动全行业安全标准提升。

中文翻译：

随着OpenAI尝试重组架构并最终寻求上市，这家近期估值达5000亿美元的初创公司面临着一个障碍——其与微软日益复杂的合作关系。周四下午，两家公司就达成的一项协议发布了联合声明。

微软与OpenAI达成新协议，为IPO扫清道路
在OpenAI调整非营利架构之际，其与微软的合作关系已取得"新阶段"进展。

微软与OpenAI声明：
微软与OpenAI已签署针对合作新阶段的非约束性谅解备忘录（MOU），目前正积极致力于最终协议的条款定稿。基于对安全性的共同承诺，双方将继续专注于为所有人提供最优质的人工智能工具。

自2019年以来，微软已向OpenAI投资130亿美元，并分享ChatGPT及其API产生的收入。微软目前将OpenAI列为竞争对手，允许OpenAI依托其他云服务商获取算力支持，并已开始增加对自研人工智能模型的依赖。

在周四举行的公司内部会议上，微软首席执行官萨提亚·纳德拉与人工智能主管穆斯塔法·苏莱曼承诺将大幅投资自研模型。苏莱曼表示："我们应具备自主构建世界级前沿模型的能力，涵盖各种规模，但同时也需保持务实态度，在必要时采用外部模型。"

OpenAI在另一份声明中披露了与微软协议的具体细节：其非营利性母公司将继续保持对营利性业务的管控权，持有的股权价值超过1000亿美元。

据媒体报道，多家慈善机构与非营利组织已对OpenAI特殊的重组计划提出异议，加州与特拉华州总检察长也已启动调查。OpenAI在公告中表示："我们持续与加州及特拉华州总检察长办公室保持沟通，这是完善我们治理方式的重要环节。我们始终致力于快速学习并采取行动，确保工具对所有人既实用又安全，同时将安全性作为全行业的优先事项推进。"

英文来源：

As OpenAI attempts to restructure itself and eventually go public, a hurdle for the startup, recently valued at $500 billion, is its increasingly complicated partnership with Microsoft. On Thursday afternoon, the two companies released this joint statement about an agreement they’ve reached.
Microsoft and OpenAI have a new deal that could clear the way for an IPO
As OpenAI reworks its nonprofit structure, it’s made progress with Microsoft on their partnership’s ‘next phase’.
As OpenAI reworks its nonprofit structure, it’s made progress with Microsoft on their partnership’s ‘next phase’.
Microsoft & OpenAI:
Microsoft and OpenAI have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the next phase of our partnership. We are actively working to finalize contractual terms in a definitive agreement. Together, we remain focused on delivering the best AI tools for everyone, grounded in our shared commitment to safety.
Microsoft has invested $13 billion in OpenAI since 2019, and shares in the revenue earned by ChatGPT as well as its API. Microsoft also now includes OpenAI as a competitor, allows OpenAI to lean on other cloud providers for compute power, and has started to increase its reliance on its own AI models.
In a company town hall meeting on Thursday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and AI chief Mustafa Suleyman committed to “significant investments” in its own models. “We should have the capacity to build world class frontier models in house of all sizes, but we should be very pragmatic and use other models where we need to,” said Suleyman.
There was one specific detail about the agreement with Microsoft released by OpenAI in another statement, saying that its nonprofit parent company will continue to hold authority over the for-profit business, with an equity stake worth more than $100 billion.
Other philanthropies and nonprofits have reportedly pushed back against OpenAI’s unusual restructuring plan, and the attorneys general of California and Delaware have opened investigations. In its announcement, OpenAI said, “We continue to work with the California and Delaware Attorneys General as an important part of strengthening our approach, and we remain committed to learning and acting with urgency to ensure our tools are helpful and safe for everyone, while advancing safety as an industry-wide priority.”