The $97.4 billion bid muddles up Sam Altman’s quest to convert the ChatGPT-maker into a for-profit company.

Somehow, in between running multiple companies, gutting the federal bureaucracy, apparently cheating at video games and being a dad to at least 11 children, [I dunno… this all feels unnecessary and isn’t helping your point.

The best outcome for Microsoft would be to use this moment to double-down on its own homegrown AI initiatives, while making sure it can still benefit from — but not depend on — OpenAI's technologies.