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What if Microsoft let OpenAI go free?

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What if Microsoft let OpenAI go free?

Call it a modern-day version of a spectacular Renaissance patronage. Since 2019 Microsoft has provided more than $13bn in cash and computing capacity to OpenAI , a once-penniless startup that is now at the forefront of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and, as of its most recent fundraising round, worth $157bn. In exchange, Microsoft has gained … Read more

Just how rich are businesses getting in the AI gold rush?

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Just how rich are businesses getting in the AI gold rush?

The relentless stream of AI headlines makes it hard to get a sense of which businesses are real winners in the AI boom—and which will win in the longer run. To help answer this question The Economist has looked where value has accrued so far and how this tallies with the expected sales of products … Read more