Microsoft and Google (part2)

This article discusses the latest developments in the AI chatbot space, with a focus on the competition between Microsoft and Google. Microsoft has been investing heavily in OpenAI, a company that conducts research into AI language models and has developed its own chatbot named GPT, which competes with Google’s Bard. Microsoft is hoping that its investment in OpenAI will give it an edge in the AI market, and the company is reportedly planning to integrate OpenAI’s models into its own apps and services.

Google, for its part, has also been working on its own chatbot, Bard, which is built using Google’s LaMDA technology. The company has announced plans to open up access to Bard more widely in the coming weeks, and it has invested $300 million in Anthropic, an AI firm that has developed its own chatbot named Claude.

The competition between Microsoft and Google in the AI chatbot space could get ugly, given the history of animosity between the two companies. Microsoft has previously taken out newspaper ads and created parody videos to criticize Google, and the two companies have engaged in various disputes over the years. However, the article notes that Microsoft and Google formed a truce in 2015 to avoid legal battles and foster cooperation, but this truce expired in 2021.

AI will influence Windows in the future, with Microsoft planning to integrate AI into its own apps and services and throughout its flagship operating system. The company is reportedly planning to release ChatGPT on its Azure OpenAI service later this month, which will allow businesses to integrate the chatbot into their own cloud apps. The article concludes by noting that Microsoft’s $10 billion investment in AI could help the company lead the way in transformative technology, which it believes will change “almost everything.”