Musk Pushed OpenAI to Link With Microsoft, Called Amazon’s Bezos a ‘Tool’

Elon Musk in 2016 told fellow OpenAI founder Sam Altman that the AI lab, then one year old, should pursue a cloud computing deal with Microsoft rather than Amazon, according to emails released Tuesday as evidence in Elon Musk’s federal lawsuit against OpenAI.

Musk explained that he preferred ...