The risk the company faces with its AI alignment strategy isn’t runaway superintelligence — it’s rogue OpenAI.

The “best bromance in tech” has had a reality check as OpenAI has tried to change its deal with Microsoft and the software maker has tried to hedge its bet on the start-up.

Microsoft has been increasingly hesitant in supplying OpenAI with the cash and computing power it needs with the AI giant expecting to lose $5 billion this year

The alliance between the technology giant and the company behind OpenAI has been hugely consequential — but a disruption could shake up the A.I. race.

The two companies each hired a major investment bank to negotiate how big Microsoft’s share in OpenAI will be after its $14 billion investment.