Toni Dimaano Tech 01.24.2023 03:Jan AM EST

Microsoft Extends Partnership With OpenAI In A New Multibillion-Dollar Investment

On Monday, Microsoft announced that it is investing "multibillions of dollars" in OpenAI, the business that created the wildly popular ChatGPT chatbot, Ars Technica writes.

The news comes after speculations of a $10 billion investment that surfaced two weeks ago, even though the two corporations have not formally disclosed a monetary value on the deal.

Microsoft Is Looking To Integrate OpenAI To Its Systems

Microsoft, an early investor in OpenAI, announced plans to strengthen its current alliance with the business as part of a larger initiative to increase the amount of artificial intelligence available in its product lineup.

OpenAI also stated in a separate blog post that the multi-year investment will be used to create AI that is more secure, practical, and potent.

"We formed our partnership with OpenAI around a shared ambition to responsibly advance cutting-edge AI research and democratize AI as a new technology platform," Satya Nadella, Microsoft's CEO says.

OpenAI, a startup founded in 2015, was responsible for a number of crucial innovations that helped generative AI become widely used in 2022.

This includes the ChatGPT chatbot (powered by GPT-3), DALL-E image synthesis, and GitHub Copilot for programming assistance.

Unlike the chatbots of Silicon Valley's past, ChatGPT automatically generates text based on written cues in a way that is considerably more innovative and cutting-edge, CNBC reports.

The program was released in late November, and after tech execs and venture capitalists gushed about it on Twitter and even compared it to Apple's 2007 iPhone launch, it swiftly became a viral hit.

Some People Are Worried About The Partnership

According to reports, Microsoft has been attempting to integrate OpenAI's language model technology into its Bing search platform.

"Microsoft shares our values and we are excited to continue our independent research and work toward creating advanced AI that benefits everyone," OpenAI claims in a statement.

The two companies specifically state that they will cooperate on large-scale supercomputing to speed up OpenAI's research, Ars Technica details.

In addition, incorporating OpenAI technology into additional Microsoft products and "digital experiences," and maintaining Microsoft as OpenAI's exclusive cloud provider using Azure.

Despite these products' growing popularity among users, some people are worried about how they could reinforce prejudices and distribute false information.

The immediate effects of ChatGPT on pupils and their propensity to cheat on assignments are also causing a growing number of schools and teachers to express their worry.

According to David Lobina, an artificial intelligence analyst at ABI Research, that may potentially result in "much negative publicity" for the businesses connected with these tools.

However, the possibility is huge and could strengthen Microsoft's position in the intensifying competition for artificial intelligence while also helping OpenAI, according to CNN Business.

Despite this, the businesses reaffirmed their shared commitment to creating trustworthy and secure AI systems and solutions, following Microsoft's "Responsible AI Standard" and OpenAI's AI Alignment research initiatives.

As they race to create an artificial intelligence that can replace human intelligence, the alliance represents a potentially profitable step for the two companies.

"OpenAI's mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI)-by which we mean highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at most economically valuable work-benefits all of humanity," OpenAI confirms.