Microsoft invests billions in OpenAI (ChatGPT) to integrate AI models into its products

Microsoft tip hard on Open AIthe company that developed the ChatGPT chatbot (and not only), and is ready to invest again. “We announce the third phase of our partnership long term with OpenAI via a multi-year, multi-billion dollar investment to accelerate the advancement of AI to ensure that these benefits are widely shared with the world.”

The Redmond house had already invested in OpenAI in 2019 and 2021, and in recent weeks there have been rumors of a new $10 billion pledge. The official press release announcing the new loan tranche does not indicate precise figures.

With the new agreement, Microsoft extends its collaboration with OpeAI for ensure the ability to “market independently” the artificial intelligence technologies that will be developed together with the company that is born as a non-profit.

Fresh off 10,000 layoffs – which it apparently quickly left behind -, the Redmond house lets it be known that it will increase investments in the development and installation of “specialized supercomputing systems to accelerate innovative independent research i OpenAIAfter all, Azure is the company’s exclusive cloud provider.

Microsoft will continue to work on the Azure infrastructure to support customer-created AI-powered applications e will implement OpenAI models in its consumer and enterprise products (for example, there was talk of the Office suite), introducing “new categories of digital experiences based on OpenAI technology”. This also includes Azure OpenAI Service, a solution that allows developers to build AI applications through direct access to OpenAI models on the Azure platform.

“We formed our partnership with OpenAI around the shared ambition of responsibly advance frontier AI research and democratize AI as a new technology platform”, ha stated Satya Nadella, president and CEO of Microsoft. “In this next phase of our partnership, developers and organizations across all industries will have access to the best AI infrastructure, models, and toolchain with Azure to build and run their applications.”

“The last three years of our partnership have been great,” said Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI. “Microsoft shares our values and we are excited to continue our independent research and work towards creating advanced artificial intelligence that benefits all.”

The ad smacks of a real one declaration of war on Google, but not only. The Mountain View house, in recent days, has been described as very concerned about the capabilities and success of ChatGPT, so much so that the top management would have requested the founders to return to the field with a greater presence to face the new bogeyman. At Google, they fear that a massive and anticipated integration of AI into their services could give rise to potential problems that could cause them reputational damage.