Microsoft invested in OpenAI due to concerns over Google's AI advancements in 2019.
Microsoft's investment in OpenAI was driven by concerns over Google's AI advancements, according to an internal email from 2019. The email, released as part of the Justice Department's antitrust case against Google, reveals Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott's worry that the company was "multiple years behind the competition in terms of machine learning scale." This prompted Microsoft to invest heavily in OpenAI, the company behind Google's AI rival ChatGPT.
May 01, 2024
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