Microsoft invests $1 billion in OpenAI as part of new partnership

Microsoft's $1 billion investment and partnership with OpenAI will help both companies create artificial general intelligence.



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MIcrosoft has forged a partnership with OpenAI.
The partnership includes a $1 billion investment from Microsoft and OpenAI migrating to Azure.
Both companies will work together to create artificial general intelligence.
Microsoft forged a new partnership with OpenAI including a $1 billion investment. The companies will work together to create artificial general intelligence (AGI). OpenAI will use Microsoft Azure as its exclusive cloud provider, and both companies will develop new Azure AI supercomputing technologies together.

In contrast to traditional AI systems that involve large amounts of manual engineering for specific tasks, AGI is being developed to "[master] a field of study to the world-expert level" according to Microsoft's post announcing the partnership. AGI can detect connections between different topics and disciplines.
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