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Re:Microsoft and OpenAI end their exclusive and revenue-shar... by concinds on Monday April 27, 2026 @10:20AM (#47922022)
Am I crazy, or was this press release fully rewritten in the past 10 minutes? The current version is around half the length of the old one, which did not frame it as a "simplification" "grounded in flexibility" but as a deeper partnership. It also had word salad about AGI, and said Azure retained exclusivity for API products but not other products, which the new statement seems to contradict.

What was I looking at?

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Re:Microsoft and OpenAI end their exclusive and revenue-shar... by antonkochubey on Monday April 27, 2026 @10:53AM (#47922429)
They forgot the "hey ChatGPT, rewrite this to have better impact on the company stock" before submitting it
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Re:Microsoft and OpenAI end their exclusive and revenue-shar... by einsteinx2 on Monday April 27, 2026 @10:29AM (#47922132)
I noticed the exact same thing. I read the original, went back to read it again and it’s completely changed.
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Re:Microsoft and OpenAI end their exclusive and revenue-shar... by 3form on Monday April 27, 2026 @12:08PM (#47923431)
I think a stickied comment about this would be due. No idea if it's possible to call in @dang via at-name?
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Re:Microsoft and OpenAI end their exclusive and revenue-shar... by einsteinx2 on Monday April 27, 2026 @12:24PM (#47923652)
Looks like they changed the post link to a Bloomberg article instead but kept the comments thread. So I guess he’s already aware.
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Re:Microsoft and OpenAI end their exclusive and revenue-shar... by kergonath on Monday April 27, 2026 @02:08PM (#47925108)
> No idea if it's possible to call in @dang via at-name?

No. Email [email protected]

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

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Re:Microsoft and OpenAI end their exclusive and revenue-shar... by alansaber on Monday April 27, 2026 @12:30PM (#47923758)
The in-house or the marketing team swooped in last minute it appears
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Re:Microsoft and OpenAI end their exclusive and revenue-shar... by MichaelZuo on Monday April 27, 2026 @03:04PM (#47925823)
It’s extraordinary how much standards have slipped. Completely rewriting a major press release that’s already been sent out, while pretending it’s ostensibly the same document would have been a major corporate scandal just 15 years ago.
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Re:Microsoft and OpenAI end their exclusive and revenue-shar... by acdanger on Monday April 27, 2026 @03:16PM (#47925985)
If anyone has the original release still up and can post it somewhere that would be grand.
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Re:Microsoft and OpenAI end their exclusive and revenue-shar... by jimbokun on Monday April 27, 2026 @03:53PM (#47926472)
I don’t know. I couldn’t get past the first paragraph because it seemed like complete slop.
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Re:Microsoft and OpenAI end their exclusive and revenue-shar... by Petersipoi on Monday April 27, 2026 @06:20PM (#47928168)
It is rewritten on every refresh depending on the readers mood, personality, etc.. so they're most receptive to it.

Obviously not, but we might not be far off from that being a reality.

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