OpenAI

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OpenAI, GitHub AI Tools Draw Legal Scrutiny Over Fair Use (Bloomberg Law)

In November a lawyer and computer programmer named Matthew Butterick sued the tech companies GitHub, Microsoft and OpenAI, saying a tool called GitHub ...

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Microsoft plans $10 billion investment in ChatGPT owner OpenAI ... (Investing.com)

Investing.com -- U.S. technology giant Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) is in talks to invest up to $10 billion in artificial intelligence firm OpenAI, the firm ...

But in the interim, ChatGPT is reportedly extremely expensive to operate. OpenAI surged in popularity in recent months after the firm unveiled its ChatGPT platform - a chatbot that is capable of generating detailed and articulated responses following simple inputs. The report comes amid speculation that Microsoft is planning to incorporate OpenAI’s technology into its Office and email software.

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What happens to OpenAI if it reaches $29 billion in valuation (TechTalks)

OpenAI's latest capital will put the company on the path to fast growth and accelerated profitability. But how will it affect the scientific mission that ...

Microsoft has [integrated DALL-E](https://bdtechtalks.com/2022/10/17/dalle-2-microsoft-azure/) into several of its products. Unfortunately, by selling more of its stock, OpenAI will become more beholden to the interests of its shareholders. Several startups have built [successful business models](https://bdtechtalks.com/2021/11/29/gpt-3-application-development-tips/) on top of GPT-3. [GitHub Copilot](https://bdtechtalks.com/2022/07/05/github-copilot-large-language-model-product-management/), based on Codex, has become a very successful tool in increasing the productivity of programmers. But will LLMs, diffusion models, and CLIP models solve the safe AI problem? The latter focuses on techniques that are more likely to deliver profitable business models in the short term. [Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/chatgpt-creator-openai-is-in-talks-for-tender-offer-that-would-value-it-at-29-billion-11672949279). This is especially important as incumbents and new players try to use first-mover advantage to establish their position in this emerging market. The latest capital raise (probably an easy sell) will put OpenAI on the path to fast growth and accelerated profitability. In 2019, it changed its structure from nonprofit to capped profit to attract fresh funding. More recently, however, the company’s efforts seem to be focused on generative AI. There is already discussion of the LLM disrupting several industries,

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Microsoft in talks to invest $10 billion in OpenAI (The Hindu)

The funding includes other venture firms, and deal documents were sent to prospective investors in recent weeks, with the aim to close the round by the end of ...

A chatbot is a software application designed to mimic human-like conversation based on user prompts. [made the ChatGPT chatbot available for free public testing](https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/explained-what-can-new-ai-chatbot-chatgpt-do-openai-sam-altman-assistant-elon-musk/article66218169.ece) on November 30. The funding includes other venture firms, and deal documents were sent to prospective investors in recent weeks, with the aim to close the round by the end of 2022, the report said.

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Microsoft set to invest $10 billion in OpenAI, valuing the ChatGPT ... (WION)

Microsoft Corp is in discussions to invest $10 billion in the company that owns ChatGPT, OpenAI, valuing the San Francisco-based firm at $29 billion, ...

Since then, the text-based artificial intelligence chatbot platform in November, ChatGPT, has been widely popular. The latest news comes after investment from other venture firms. Once OpenAI reached that milestone, Microsoft would own a 49 per cent share in the company, followed by 49 per cent from other investors and 2 per cent to OpenAI's nonprofit parent.

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Microsoft in talks to acquire a 49% stake in ChatGPT owner OpenAI (Watcher Guru)

According to sources, Microsoft's investment would be a part of a rather complex agreement. Under this, the business.....

Therefore, the latest partnership could be a blessing for Microsoft considering its counterpart Google has been exploring the AI ecosystem. The AI firm is currently raising funds at a $29 billion valuation. Over the weekend, news broke out about Microsoft incorporating ChartGPT into its office software which includes Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint. Additionally, a structure with the ownership of OpenAI would be put in place. The tech-industry giant is ready to pay upwards of $10 billion for the acquisition. Now, according to a report by Semafor, Microsoft Corp is discussing the possibility of acquiring OpenAI, the parent company of ChatGPT.

Microsoft Mulls Investing $10 Billion Into OpenAI's Chatbot (The Deep Dive)

Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) is looking to make an even bigger dive into the world of artificial intelligence. The software giant is allegedly considering ...

According to The Information, Microsoft is looking to merge some of the ChatGPT features into its cloud business, creating a leveraged position to compete with rivals Amazon Web Services and Google. As per the deal, Microsoft would receive 75% of all profits OpenAI generates until its initial investment is reimbursed, before shifting into a business model whereby the software giant owns 49%, investors get a 49% stake, and the remaining 2% is given to OpenAI’s parent company. Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) is looking to make an even bigger dive into the world of artificial intelligence.

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Microsoft in talks to invest $10 billion in ChatGPT owner OpenAI: report (Economic Times)

The funding includes other venture firms and deal documents were sent to prospective investors in recent weeks, with the aim to close the round by the end ...

A chatbot is a software application designed to mimic human-like conversation based on user prompts. [believes that Generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT and Dall-E, generated less than 1% of the world’s AI data sets in 2021](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/its-vada-pav-vs-bhel-puri-as-nadella-evokes-chatgpt-to-settle-the-spicy-score/articleshow/96716488.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst), this can increase to 10% of all data generated by AI by 2025. [Microsoft](/topic/microsoft)Corp is in talks to invest $10 billion into [OpenAI](/topic/openai), the owner of [ChatGPT](/topic/chatgpt), which will value the San Francisco-based firm at $29 billion, online news publication Semafor reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.

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Microsoft in talks to invest $10 bln in ChatGPT owner -Semafor (Reuters)

Microsoft Corp is in talks to invest $10 billion into OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT, which will value the San Francisco-based firm at $29 billion, ...

[(TSLA.O)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/TSLA.O) CEO Elon Musk and investor Sam Altman, made the ChatGPT chatbot available for free public testing on Nov. A chatbot is a software application designed to mimic human-like conversation based on user prompts. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story

Microsoft Reportedly Considers $10 Billion Investment in OpenAI (The Information)

OpenAI requires hefty computing power to train its machine learning models and to deliver answers to users of its experimental ChatGPT chatbot, and the company ...

Semafor and Bloomberg on Monday reported that Microsoft has been considering a $10 billion investment in OpenAI. It’s the quiet before the earnings storm, which makes it a good time to take a step back and consider the situation of Netflix, the first big tech name to report December quarter numbers, on Jan. Its stock has nearly doubled since it bottomed out at around $167 in June, although even at current levels of around $315 it is still down 47% from where it started last year.

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Six OpenAI Rivals Google and Microsoft Are Watching (The Information)

Microsoft's big bet on OpenAI, whose ChatGPT software can understand and generate conversational text, is starting to look like a stroke of genius.

In the last few years, top researchers from OpenAI, Alphabet’s DeepMind and Google, which pioneered the machine-learning techniques used in ChatGPT, have left those companies to launch or join six startups that compete with OpenAI. [results in Bing searches](https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-and-openai-working-on-chatgpt-powered-bing-in-challenge-to-google) and help Word and Outlook customers [automatically generate documents and emails](https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ghost-writer-microsoft-looks-to-add-openais-chatbot-technology-to-word-email) using simple prompts, as The Information has reported. Microsoft’s big bet on OpenAI, whose ChatGPT software can understand and generate conversational text, is starting to look like a stroke of genius.

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Microsoft Seeks OpenAI GPT Integration in Word, Outlook, and ... (WinBuzzer)

Microsoft is extending its support of the OpenAI GPT AI model and is integrating it into Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

[a $1 billion investor](https://winbuzzer.com/2019/07/22/microsoft-extends-openai-partnership-with-1-billion-investment-for-ai-development-in-azure-xcxwbn/) in the AI research group in 2019, allowing Azure to power all cloud services from the open-source organization. Microsoft is a long-time partner of OpenAI and is now also looking into adding the GPT model into Words, Outlook, and PowerPoint. Specifically, Microsoft wants to fold the AI into its autocomplete software on those Office applications.

Microsoft plans $10 billion investment in ChatGPT owner OpenAI ... (Yahoo Finance)

By Ambar Warrick. Investing.com -- U.S. technology giant Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) is in talks to invest up to $10 billion in artificial intelligence ...

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