Microsoft has invested billions in its big AI project, which includes $10 billion in funding into OpenAI. We never understood his strategy and the reason for his heavy work in the field of AI. But the latest reports give us a very good idea of its plans and how Microsoft was very worried about Google’s AI efforts and how it might be left behind in the AI race without these investments.
The internal email titled Thoughts on OpenAI from June 12, 2019 was shared between Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, its CTO Kevin Scott and Bill Gates, according to the report here. The letter highlights Microsoft’s concerns about its slow focus in terms of machine learning scale.
Initially, Scott was excited to see where AI was going and how fast, but he quickly began to worry about the work being done by OpenAI and Google’s DeepMind division. Microsoft’s CTO was impressed by Google DeepMind AlphaGo demo videos showing its value and capabilities.
-Google had a clear advantage over Microsoft with its renewed focus on AI a few years ago. But fast forward to 2022, and you can see the tide turning in favor of Satya Nadella and Co. Its reported investment in OpenAI has catapulted its growth, allowing products like Bing, Edge and Copilot to have a slight advantage over Google’s Gemini AI which is now available in Gmail, Docs, Android and more.
The OpenAI partnership has been the subject of regulatory investigations, in which Microsoft allegedly directed the operations of the Sam Altman-led company. We still don’t know who or how the OpenAI partnership came to fruition.
Bill Gates apparently played a role in making the deal happen, but the biggest challenge for Nadella was reportedly getting Microsoft and its shareholders to authorize more than $10 billion into the AI company. So the company is no longer concerned about Google’s plans to take a clear lead in the race and has a lot more to offer in the near future.
