Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, said Meta's attempts to poach his best staff with generous signing bonuses were not successful. Altman talked about the competition OpenAI faces from Meta on his brother's podcast "Uncapped with Jack Altman,

The contract could put the model maker in competition with the OpenAI services that Microsoft wants to sell to the DoD.

The potential antitrust complaint would likely argue that Microsoft is using its dominant position in cloud services and contractual leverage to suppress competition, according to insiders who described it as a "nuclear option,