Microsoft to Invest $10 Billion in OpenAI, the Creator of ChatGPT
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The tech giant aims to remain at the forefront of generative artificial intelligence with its partnership with OpenAI.
Microsoft has extended its partnership with OpenAI, the artificial-intelligence lab behind the chatbot ChatGPT.Credit...Jovelle Tamayo for The New York Times
Cade Metz and Karen Weise
Cade Metz and Karen Weise reported this article from San Francisco and Seattle.
Microsoft said on Monday that it was making a “multiyear, multibillion-dollar” investment in OpenAI, the San Francisco artificial intelligence lab behind the experimental online chatbot ChatGPT.
The companies did not disclose the specific financial terms of the deal, but a person familiar with the matter said Microsoft would invest $10 billion in OpenAI.
Microsoft had already invested more than $3 billion in OpenAI, and the new deal is a clear indication of the importance of OpenAI’s technology to the future of Microsoft and its competition with other big tech companies like Google, Meta and Apple.
With Microsoft’s deep pockets and OpenAI’s cutting-edge artificial intelligence, the companies hope to remain at the forefront of generative artificial intelligence — technologies that can generate text, images and other media in response to short prompts. After its surprise release at the end of November, ChatGPT — a chatbot that answers questions in clear, well-punctuated prose — became the symbol of a new and more powerful wave of A.I.
Cade Metz is a technology reporter and the author of “Genius Makers: The Mavericks Who Brought A.I. to Google, Facebook, and The World.” He covers artificial intelligence, driverless cars, robotics, virtual reality and other emerging areas. More about Cade Metz
Karen Weise is a technology correspondent based in Seattle, covering Amazon and Microsoft. Her work aims to help readers better understand two of the most powerful companies in America and their growing influence on society. More about Karen Weise
A version of this article appears in print on Jan. 24, 2023, Section B, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: Race Is On As Microsoft Puts Billions Into OpenAI. Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe
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