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...Smith said, however, that it was “too early” to say whether Microsoft would invest in that effort....
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...OpenAI, whose ChatGPT chatbot triggered the AI boom in late 2022, has a complex relationship with Microsoft. Microsoft has made a $13bn investment in OpenAI but owns no conventional equity....
...As part of the agreement, Microsoft is paying an undisclosed sum of money to Semafor to sponsor a breaking news feed called “Signals”....
..., according to a Microsoft blog post on Friday....
...Microsoft’s president Brad Smith told the Financial Times this week that while the companies were “very important partners”, “Microsoft does not control OpenAI”....
...Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella said Microsoft now had 53,000 Azure AI customers, more than a third of whom were new to the service over the past 12 months, and was seeing an increase in the number...
...At the close of trading in New York, Apple remained ahead at $2.89tn compared to Microsoft’s $2.86tn....
...Microsoft, Google and Meta have raised their water consumption over recent years, with millions of users hooked on their online services....
...Microsoft is also a backer of Inflection, while chipmaker Nvidia has made a series of investments in AI start-ups....
...Brad Smith, vice chair and president of Microsoft, added that companies have “a responsibility to help ensure these tools don’t become weaponised in elections”....
...OpenAI’s relationship with Microsoft, its biggest investor, is about to get more complicated. Microsoft has acted as a backstop in some ways....
...Microsoft’s robust balance sheet....
...OpenAI’s Altman has invested in Helion, a US fusion power start-up, and Microsoft has signed up to be a future Helion customer....
...Microsoft and OpenAI come under the regulatory microscope Despite being one of Silicon Valley’s most-watched alliances, Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI has also been one of the least understood....
...Microsoft did not respond to a request for comment....
...Microsoft is OpenAI’s key partner, having committed more than $10bn in return for a significant minority stake. It has not had a role on the company’s board until now....
...Fresh chips Microsoft is stepping into new territory....
...Still, Microsoft could afford to purchase the company even at this elevated valuation. It is equal to about 3 per cent of Microsoft $2.5tn market cap....
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