Microsoft and OpenAI partnership is taking shape again

Microsoft and OpenAI partnership is taking shape again








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Two giants of the technology world Microsoft ve OpenAIannounced that they have reorganized their long-term partnership. According to the statement, OpenAI will no longer have to rely solely on Microsoft’s Azure cloud infrastructure. This change will allow OpenAI to meet the increasing need for computing power through alternative means.

A new era in the collaboration of OpenAI and Microsoft

According to Microsoft’s statement, the new agreement makes “exclusivity on new capacity” flexible, giving Microsoft priority bidding right he knows. This means that Microsoft will have priority in requests for new capacity, although OpenAI may receive services from providers other than Microsoft. Additionally, Microsoft approved OpenAI to build additional infrastructure for research and model training. As a result, OpenAI can obtain computing power from outside Microsoft if it needs it.

The basic terms of cooperation remain largely unchanged. While Microsoft retains the right to use OpenAI’s technologies in its products, OpenAI’s APIs will continue to be available only on the Azure platform. The revenue sharing model between the parties will continue in the same way. According to information reflected in the press, Microsoft receives 20 percent of OpenAI’s revenues.

Makes the Stargate initiative possible

Immediately after this regulation, Arm, Microsoft, Nvidia, Oracle and OpenAI announced a plan to establish a new data center system in the USA.Stargate Project” announced his initiative. This initiative will establish a $500 billion artificial intelligence data center infrastructure in the United States. Its purpose is to use OpenAI to meet artificial intelligence needs. However, it is not yet clear whether it will also provide services to other companies.

By the way, there is an interesting escape clause in the agreement between OpenAI and Microsoft, which we have brought to the agenda before. If OpenAI develops AGI (artificial general intelligence, which the agreement describes as a system worth more than $100 billion), it could deny Microsoft access to its models.

Additionally, there were allegations that the relationship between Microsoft and OpenAI was fractured. Sam Altmanto an X post that expresses this “Absolutely not! A very important and great partnership that will continue for a long time. “We just need more calculations.” He gave a clear answer: