TECH - Microsoft's Fear Of Google's AI Dominance Led To OpenAI Investment Internal Email Reveals: 'We're Multiple Years Behind The Competition' | Benzinga
An internal email from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) has surfaced, indicating that the company’s investment in ChatGPT-parent OpenAI was driven by concerns about falling behind Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) AI capabilities.
What Happened: The email, disclosed as part of the Justice Department’s antitrust case against Google on Tuesday, was written by Microsoft’s chief technology officer Kevin Scott in 2019. Scott expressed deep concern about the gap in AI model-training capabilities between Google and Microsoft, reported Bloomberg.
He wrote, “We are multiple years behind the competition in terms of machine learning scale.” The email also highlighted the lack of infrastructure and development speed at Microsoft compared to OpenAI and Google’s DeepMind.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella addressed inquiries regarding the email during his testimony at the trial last fall. “As it relates to search, ...