Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) insiders are expressing concerns that the company’s AI strategy is becoming too focused on its partnership with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, to the extent that it is being dubbed the “IT for OpenAI.”
What Happened: Some Microsoft insiders are worried that the company’s AI strategy is becoming overly reliant on its partnership with OpenAI. This concern has led to the departure of executives who were involved in Microsoft’s in-house AI initiatives, reported Business Insider.
The AI Platform team, led by Eric Boyd and situated within the Cloud + AI organization run by Scott Guthrie, has reportedly shifted its focus from in-house AI plays to the OpenAI partnership. This change has led to a decline in internal services that previously made up Azure AI Services.
According to insiders, Microsoft is shifting its focus away from the internal services that formerly constituted Azure AI Services and towards the Azure OpenAI service.
A former executive who departed due to these changes mentioned that products like Azure Cognitive Search, Azure AI Bot Service, and Kinect DK have essentially disappeared. Frank Shaw, a spokesperson for Microsoft, stated that while these services still exist in some capacity, they may no longer belong to the Azure AI organization, ...