Microsoft and OpenAI's close partnership shows signs of fraying

Who initiated this story, and what is their goal?

Both MS and Altman are famous for manipulation.

(Is it background to negotiations with each other? Or one party signaling in response to issues that analysts already raised? Distancing for antitrust? Distancing for other partnerships? Some competitor of both?)

To me it looks like this is simply New York Times that is into unraveling OpenAI’s and Microsoft dirty laundry for fun and profit.

It’s funny they’ve quoted “best bromance”, considering the context.