Microsoft’s OpenAI Partnership is Inspiring AI
In the relentless race for technological dominance, even industry titans like Microsoft can succumb to the pangs of envy and the fear of being left behind. Emails uncovered during the Department of Justice's antitrust case against Google have shed light on the driving force behind Microsoft's pivotal partnership with OpenAI – a burning desire to catch up with its rival's rapidly advancing artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.
As Google's AI prowess grew, alarms bells rang within the corridors of Microsoft's executive suites. In a 2019 email thread aptly titled "Thoughts on OpenAI," Microsoft's Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Kevin Scott, laid bare his deep-seated worries about the company's ability to keep pace with Google's AI advancements.
"I got very, very worried," Scott confe...