Microsoft readies new AI model to compete with Google, OpenAI


The exact purpose of the model has not been determined yet and will depend on how well it performs. — Reuters

NEW YORK: Microsoft is training a new, in-house artificial intelligence (AI) language model large enough to compete with those from Alphabet’s Google and OpenAI, The Information reports.

The new model, internally referred to as MAI-1, is being overseen by recently hired Mustafa Suleyman, the Google DeepMind co-founder and former CEO of AI startup Inflection, the report said, citing two Microsoft employees with knowledge of the effort.

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