Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled its own cutting-edge artificial intelligence models in San Francisco — a crucial step toward reducing its dependence on OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT.
Microsoft, the first company to have invested massively in OpenAI, has for several years been seeking to reduce its reliance on its Sam Altman-led partner.
It renegotiated its alliance last year and retains only a non-exclusive license on its technology until 2032.
But Microsoft chief Satya Nadella has been saying it for years: he refuses to end up like IBM, the computing giant that backed the rise of Microsoft before being supplanted by the upstart company in the 1980s.
“It’s important that we are self-sustaining and are not taking huge dependencies, as this is a very fast-moving, highly fluctuating environment,” Sophie Lebrecht, who joined the group’s AI team in March, said during a press visit to its Silicon Valley campus.
