FILE PHOTO: The Intel logo is seen behind LED lights in this illustration taken January 5, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - For U.S. chip giant Intel, the darling of the computer age before it fell on harder times in the AI era, things might have been quite different.
About seven years ago, the company had the chance to buy a stake in OpenAI, then a fledgling non-profit research organization working in a little-known field called generative artificial intelligence, four people with direct knowledge of those discussions told Reuters.
