OpenAI-Microsoft AGI Clause Eliminated in April 2026 Partnership Restructuring

Summary

Simon Willison documents the full history and final elimination of the AGI clause in the OpenAI-Microsoft partnership. The clause had stipulated that Microsoft's commercial IP rights to OpenAI's technology would terminate upon achieving Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), defined as "highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at most economically valuable work." The definition had grown murky over time — by December 2024, reports indicated AGI would be deemed achieved when OpenAI's syst