Microsoft and Google are about to Open an AI battle - The Verge

Microsoft has been teasing the importance of its OpenAI partnership recently, setting up just how important this moment is for the company's AI ambitions. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the company will turn AI models into the next major computing platform. "The next major wave of computing is being born, as the Microsoft Cloud turns the world's most advanced AI models into a new computing platform," Nadella said in an earnings statement last month. "We are committed to helping our customers use our platforms and tools to do more with less today and innovate for the future in the new era of AI."