[Microsoft Considering Legal Action Against Amazon and OpenAI Over Cloud Deal] Deep Tide TechFlow reports, on March 18, Microsoft is considering taking legal action against Amazon and OpenAI over a $50 billion deal that may violate its exclusive cloud partnership agreement with OpenAI, potentially sparking a conflict between the two tech giants. The core of the dispute lies in whether Amazon Web Services (AWS) can offer OpenAI's new commercial product, named Frontier, without breaching a long-term agreement. This agreement stipulates that all access to the company's models must go through Microsoft's Azure cloud platform. Amazon and OpenAI have stated that they are developing a system to circumvent the agreement. Sources familiar with the matter revealed that Microsoft executives have raised objections, arguing that the approach is unfeasible and, even if it does not violate the literal terms of the agreement, it goes against the spirit of the agreement. This legal threat highlights broader tensions between Microsoft and OpenAI. If the dispute ultimately goes to court, OpenAI's plans for an IPO as early as this year could be hindered. Even though the company completed a $110 billion funding round last month, it still needs to raise more cash to cover the massive computational resources required to train and operate large language models. (Jin10)