The Morning After: Microsoft's OpenAI partnership was born from Google AI envy
The Morning After: Microsoft's OpenAI partnership was born from Google AI envy
Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI was significantly influenced by their concern over Google's advancements in AI, revealed through emails from the DOJ's antitrust case against Google. Microsoft executives, including CTO Kevin Scott, were particularly worried about Google's lead in AI technologies like the BERT-large model and Gmail's autocomplete, prompting a billion-dollar investment in OpenAI in 2019.
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