Actual article without ads: https://www.united.com/en/us/newsroom/announcements/cision-1...

Actual article: https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/a-message-to-our-company

Given the news article is paywalled can mods please replace the URL with this one ^

The official Nvida article only mentions national security concerns and does not bluntly say, as this one does, in its opening:

> admitted to having a romantic relationship with a suspected Chinese spy

So it definitely should be changed. The Nvidia one is factual, while the other one is tabloid speculation.

He admitted to having a relationship with a woman.

There's a separate question of whether the woman was a spy.

People reading the nvida article will be wondering what is suspected. Probably why this article is trending as well as the original.

Whether tabloid, or completely inaccurate, Nvida make reference to it and that there is an independent investigation. It is reasonable for people to wonder what it is about.

> There's a separate question of whether the woman was a spy.

I mean, it's pretty clear it was a spy. Have a look at WSJ, NYT, etc. It isn't tabloidish to say so.

There is another thread dedicated to the nvidia newsroom disclosure: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50416801

That's not the same link.

Welp can’t remove it now that there’s a reply. My bad you are correct.

Strongly disagree with changing it to that URL. This the kinda news you don't want to get from an involved primary source... that page is missing a crucial detail (the national security concern mentioned is espionage) and could just disappear whenever it becomes convenient to get the news cycle on the next thing. It will almost certainly be a 404 Not Found by the time 3 years have passed.

Then there could be a second archive link.

I mean they are literally the same article in essence. One is from the official source and the other is paywalled with nothing worthy added.

The choice is clear.

Full title: OpenAI's robots got into a closed link shortener, surfed the web with Google Docs and Translate, then called the FBI with a stranger's key

Actual government announcement: https://www.admin.ch/de/newnsb/EgX1XHIfGtUN

News article: https://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/2026/article/microsoft-l-admi...

Do you have a third thing to be wrong about so we can declare "ignorance trifecta complete"?

How much would Microsoft save by switching to open source AI?

I am asking because they seem to be looking forward to this as soon as possible.

Relevant links:

- https://news.microsoft.com/source/2026/07/21/microsoft-and-m...

- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/top...

This article is about OpenAI as a significant MSFT customer.

"it shows that GPU and infrastructure consumption specifically from OpenAI still drives between 65 to 70% of Microsoft's total AI business"

I feel lost here.

Isn't Microsoft Copilot based on OpenAI AI models like ChatGPT?

Does the disclosure that is refranced in the Bloomberg analysis that the article is based on take this in consideration?

Yeah, the arrangement between OpenAI and MSFT is complex and a pretty good example of the circular deals that are becoming more common.

Microsoft was an early large investor in OpenAI. They get priority access to the models, and can use them in their products for the next 8 years as a result. They still use OAI for most (Copilot etc), but incorporate others these days as well. Not open source like you suggest AFAIK, but their own proprietary models.

OpenAI builds and serves their models on Azure (partly), and pays MSFT to do so. This used to be a contractual obligation, but no longer is. This article is about just how important that payment is/was to MSFT's AI business, implying it would be devastating if OpenAI chose to wind down their Azure spend and go with another provider.

That's my understanding of the situation.

The msft-openai tie-up is probably the least concerning of the "circular" deals since it's a natural outgrowth of a rather pedestrian investment/incubation. I'm not saying you're saying that, just pointing it out.

Microsoft was the exclusive way to have your own copy of GPT in the cloud for a few years, and they have been the primary host for OpenAI, including their training infrastructure early on.