📝 Microsoft lists OpenAI as competitor

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Liam Gill
August 02, 2024

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Microsoft has a complex history with OpenAI, having invested around $13 billion in the ChatGPT maker and integrating its models into various Microsoft products while serving as OpenAI’s exclusive cloud provider. However, in an SEC filing on Tuesday, Microsoft referred to OpenAI as a “competitor” for the first time, listing it among rivals like Anthropic, Amazon, and Meta in AI, and alongside Google in search due to OpenAI’s new SearchGPT feature. This shift may reflect antitrust scrutiny from the FTC, which is examining cloud provider investments in AI startups. Although Microsoft relinquished its board observer seat at OpenAI after a controversy involving OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman, the tech giant continues to diversify its AI investments, including hiring leaders from Inflection AI and developing its own AI initiatives like Microsoft Copilot. This situation mirrors past tech dynamics, such as the partnership-turned-competition between Yahoo and Google, suggesting a potentially similar trajectory for Microsoft and OpenAI.

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