With Sam at the head, especially after Microsoft backing him, they will most likely do the opposite. Meaning a deeper integration with Microsoft.
If it wasn't already, OpenAI is now basically a Microsoft subsidiary. With the advantage for Microsoft of not being legally liable for any court cases.
>Microsoft owned 49% of the for-profit part of OpenAI.
>OpenAI's training, inference, and all other infrastructure were running entirely on Azure credits.
>Microsoft/Azure were the only ones offering OpenAI's models/APIs with a business-friendly SLA, uptime/stability, and the option to host them in Azure data centers outside the US.
OpenAI is already Microsoft.