Is Microsoft’s relationship with OpenAI frosty? Salesforce’s Marc Benioff says friendship cracked when Satya Nadella hired Mustafa Suleyman, rival of Sam Altman
According to Tech Crunch, this latest development actually portrays the fact that Microsoft is no longer the exclusive cloud provider for OpenAI which was a major status which it held since investing $1 billion in the company back in the year 2019. Adding onto that, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff also suggested that the shift of OpenAI to other platforms is extremely crucial specifically since Microsoft is developing its own AI models and might not really utilize the technology of OpenAI in the future.
Severe tensions between Microsoft and OpenAI have reportedly been escalating since the time of mid 2023 specifically after OpenAI launched a competing enterprise product. Numerous insiders noted that employees from both the companies often found it challenging to collaborate with some OpenAI staff really looking down on their Microsoft counterparts, asserted Tech Crunch.
The major strain of the partnership was further highlighted by significant hiring of Microsoft of Mustafa Suleyman who is the co-founder of DeepMind to eventually lead its AI efforts.
In spite of the abrupt split, Microsoft still retains a significant stake in OpenAI and holds the right of first refusal for any additional resources OpenAI might need in near future, noted Tech Crunch. The remarks of Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff actually indicate that he views this development as something really beneficial for Salesforce which utilizes the models of OpenAI and thus has invested in its competitor named Anthropic.
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What did Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff recently comment on the ongoing rift between Microsoft and OpenAI?
The Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff recently commented on the ongoing latest rift between Microsoft and OpenAI during an interview at Davos while expressing amusement over the decision of OpenAI to partner with SoftBank and Oracle for a $500 billion data center project called Stargate.
What is the latest development regarding the rift between Microsoft and OpenAI portrays?
The latest development actually portrays the fact that Microsoft is no longer the exclusive cloud provider for OpenAI which was a major status which it held since investing $1 billion in the company back in the year 2019.
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