Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (right) meets OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at the OpenAI DevDay event in San Francisco on November 6, 2023.
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MicrosoftThe relationship with OpenAI has officially become more complicated.
Microsoft added the artificial intelligence startup to its list of competitors on Tuesday. latest annual report. Over the years, this list has included large peers Amazon, apple, Google and Yuan.
Microsoft has a long-term partnership with OpenAI as its exclusive cloud provider and uses its artificial intelligence models in products for business customers and consumers. Microsoft is largest investor The company has reportedly invested $13 billion in OpenAI.
But the new casting suggests they’re moving onto each other’s turf.
In the filing, Microsoft identified OpenAI, the creator of the ChatGPT chatbot, as a competitor in artificial intelligence products as well as search and news advertising. OpenAI last week declare A search engine prototype called SearchGPT.
Some companies choose to pay OpenAI to access their models. Others are through Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI service. For those looking for an alternative to ChatGPT, Microsoft’s Copilot chatbot is also available through the Bing search engine and Windows operating systems
An OpenAI spokesperson told CNBC that nothing has changed in the relationship between the two companies and that their partnership was forged with the understanding that they would compete. The spokesperson said that Microsoft remains a good partner of OpenAI.
Still, it’s been a dramatic year.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella It is said The company received no briefings before OpenAI’s board ousted CEO Sam Altman in November. After Altman was quickly reinstated, OpenAI gave Microsoft a non-voting board seat. Microsoft give up position earlier this month.
March, Nadella bring Mustafa Suleyman is the co-founder of DeepMind, an artificial intelligence research company that preceded OpenAI and was acquired by Google in 2014. The man and leader has been named CEO of Microsoft’s new AI division, and he’s been joined by several Inflection employees.
Nadella remains close to Altman.
“One thing I love about Sam is he calls me every day and says, ‘I need more, I need more, I need more,'” Nadella told The magazine. New York Times in a recent interview.
