Microsoft recently released its own large language models — the technology that underlies all generative AI (genAI), from OpenAI’s ChatGPT to Google’s Gemini, Anthropic and others. Until now, Microsoft has relied on ChatGPT to be Copilot’s brains. But with Microsoft and OpenAI fighting about what Microsoft should get from its $13 billion investment in OpenAI, there’s been talk about whether Microsoft would eventually develop AI on its own.
Microsoft has released two models and, for the moment, neither powers Copilot. But it’s not unreasonable to see this as an early step by the company to move some or most of its genAI work in-house. Does their release mean Microsoft will completely deep-six its relationship with OpenAI? Was Microsoft’s decision to build its own AI models merely a negotiating tactic to get a better deal from OpenAI? Or could it meld its own work with OpenAI’s from now on?
There aren’t yet definitive answers to those questions, but there are plenty of hints. Here’s what new models mean for the Microsoft-OpenAI relationship, and the future of AI at Redmond.
Microsoft recently released its own large language models — the technology that underlies all generative AI (genAI), from OpenAI’s ChatGPT to Google’s Gemini, Anthropic and others.
But with Microsoft and OpenAI fighting about what Microsoft should get from its $13 billion investment in OpenAI, there’s been talk about whether Microsoft would eventually develop AI on its own.
But it’s not unreasonable to see this as an early step by the company to move some or most of its genAI work in-house.
Was Microsoft’s decision to build its own AI models merely a negotiating tactic to get a better deal from OpenAI?
Here’s what new models mean for the Microsoft-OpenAI relationship, and the future of AI at Redmond.
Microsoft recently released its own large language models — the technology that underlies all generative AI (genAI), from OpenAI’s ChatGPT to Google’s Gemini, Anthropic and others. Until now, Microsoft has relied on ChatGPT to be Copilot’s brains. But with Microsoft and OpenAI fighting about what Microsoft should get from its $13 billion investment in OpenAI, there’s been talk about whether Microsoft would eventually develop AI on its own.
Microsoft has released two models and, for the moment, neither powers Copilot. But it’s not unreasonable to see this as an early step by the company to move some or most of its genAI work in-house. Does their release mean Microsoft will completely deep-six its relationship with OpenAI? Was Microsoft’s decision to build its own AI models merely a negotiating tactic to get a better deal from OpenAI? Or could it meld its own work with OpenAI’s from now on?
There aren’t yet definitive answers to those questions, but there are plenty of hints. Here’s what new models mean for the Microsoft-OpenAI relationship, and the future of AI at Redmond.
