<ul><li>Elon Musk, an original co-founder of OpenAI, tried to prevent the organization from having a close relationship with Microsoft in a cloud computing deal.</li><li>Musk expressed his disappointment in an email thread in 2016, stating that the proposed deal would make OpenAI look like 'Microsoft's marketing bitch'.</li><li>Eventually, Microsoft agreed to a revised proposal without any marketing obligations, leading Musk to be fine with the agreement.</li><li>The emails were disclosed as part of a lawsuit where Musk accuses Altman, OpenAI, and now Microsoft of attempting to monopolize the generative artificial intelligence market.</li></ul>

Internal emails: Elon Musk wanted to keep OpenAI from becoming ‘Microsoft’s marketing bitch’

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