OpenAI says it has no plan to use Google’s in-house chip 

OpenAI says it has no plan to use Google’s in-house chip 

OpenAI said it has no active plans to use Google’s in-house chip to power its products, two days after Reuters and other news outlets reported on the AI lab’s move to turn to its competitor’s artificial intelligence chips to meet growing demand. A spokesperson for OpenAI said on Sunday that while the AI lab is […]

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OpenAI turns to Google’s AI chips to power its products, says report

OpenAI turns to Google’s AI chips to power its products, says report

OpenAI has recently begun renting Google’s artificial intelligence chips to power ChatGPT and its other products, a source close to the matter told Reuters on Friday. The ChatGPT maker is one of the largest purchasers of Nvidia’s graphics processing units (GPUs), using the AI chips to train models and also for inference computing, a process […]

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Microsoft prepared to abandon high-stakes talks with OpenAI

Microsoft prepared to abandon high-stakes talks with OpenAI

Microsoft is prepared to abandon its high-stakes negotiations with OpenAI over the future of its alliance, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The tech giant has considered pausing discussions with the ChatGPT maker if the two sides remain unable to agree on critical issues such as the size of Microsoft’s future stake in OpenAI, the […]

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OpenAI taps Google in unprecedented cloud deal despite AI rivalry

OpenAI taps Google in unprecedented cloud deal despite AI rivalry

OpenAI plans to add Alphabet’s Google cloud service to meet its growing needs for computing capacity, three sources told Reuters, marking a surprising collaboration between two prominent competitors in the artificial intelligence sector. The deal, which has been under discussion for a few months, was finalized in May, one of the sources added. It underscores […]

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OpenAI buys iPhone designer Ive’s hardware startup, names him creative head

OpenAI buys iPhone designer Ive’s hardware startup, names him creative head

OpenAI is buying Jony Ive’s startup io Products in a $6.5 billion deal and will bring the chief designer of early iPhones on board as creative head to develop devices tailored for the generative artificial intelligence era. LoveFrom, the design firm founded by Ive after leaving Apple, has been working with OpenAI for two years […]

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OpenAI scraps plan to restructure into for-profit company

OpenAI scraps plan to restructure into for-profit company

OpenAI has scrapped its controversial plan to become a for-profit company after mounting pressure from critics. CEO Sam Altman said OpenAI would remain under the control of its founding nonprofit board. “We made the decision for the nonprofit to stay in control after hearing from civic leaders and having discussions with the offices of the […]

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