It wouldn’t be wrong to say the relationship of Microsoft with ChatGPT maker OpenAI is complex.
They’re not only tech giants worth billions but also work in a strategic partnership with Microsoft being the company’s biggest investor.
Now, we can confirm that this relationship that they share is not getting easier, that’s for sure.
The software giant just updated its annual list of competitors to include OpenAI as an archrival in the world of AI and Search. This news comes after OpenAI officially rolled out its prototype search engine.
For years, we’ve seen arch rivals from the industry make their way to the list including Apple, Google, and Amazon, not to mention Facebook’s parent firm Meta. Now, you can expect to see OpenAI with all others.
Both Microsoft and OpenAI have been working alongside one another for so long, serving out the most exclusive cloud features and AI models for clients and customers around the globe. Did we mention how Microsoft is the company’s top investor, where investments have gone as far as $13B in the firm?
The latest casting reveals how they both are inching onto one another’s territory, which means more competition in their relationships.
The latest filing saw OpenAI be a leader in terms of AI products, news ads, and search. In the past week, OpenAI rolled out a new prototype of the search engine dubbed SearchGPT.
Some firms opted to pay for the AI giant company to attain access to several models. Others spoke about Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service. Anyone seeking alternatives to ChatGPT such as Copilot would be able to get that through Bing and in the operations systems for Windows.
Meanwhile, another rep from OpenAI spoke to the media outlet CNBC about how their partnership is still the same, despite all the hype. They share the same working bond that was created on day one including how they would be forced to compete against each other and that’s okay. The spokesperson confirmed that everything is good right now and that OpenAI still is a great partner for Microsoft and vice versa.
Despite these words of reassurance, it wouldn’t be wrong to mention that this year has been packed with a lot of drama in the world of tech for OpenAI and Microsoft.
Imagine the CEO of Microsoft not being aware of OpenAI’s board firing its own CEO in November. Thankfully, he did get reinstated after a lot of uproar, but seeing OpenAI serve Microsoft a non-voting seat is quite astonishing. Meanwhile, we saw Microsoft relinquish that position at the month’s start.
Then in March, Microsoft hired the co-founder of DeepMind, Mustafa Suleyman. He not only cofounded the led the company Inflection AI but was now going to be Microsoft’s CEO for their latest division dubbed Microsoft AI. Additionally, a team of his employees from Inflection joined him.
Today, both Microsoft and OpenAI’s CEO are closer than ever. They keep praising one another and try to bring out the best in each other as can be seen during interviews when they are asked to talk about each other.
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