AI Investment Rivalry: Microsoft, Google, and the Future of AGI

By Ayyanali Gavandi

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Big investments in AI companies:

Microsoft invests USD 10 billion in OpenAI. Google invests USD 300 million in Anthropic.

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Rivalry between Microsoft and Google:

The financial support for AI intensifies the ongoing rivalry between the two companies.

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Discussions about AI's future success revolve around the struggle for dominance between Google and Microsoft. Google's contributions to AI development:

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Introduction of ChatGPT:

OpenAI releases ChatGPT in November 2022. Sparks discussions about artificial general intelligence (AGI).

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Google's fear of losing technological edge:

ChatGPT, a product of a direct competitor, utilizes Google's internet search techniques.

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Talent flow from Google to OpenAI and OpenAI's rapid growth raise concerns for Google.

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Contradictory positions:

OpenAI's original principle of open-source software contradicts its recent shift towards commercialism

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closed-source practices. Criticisms of OpenAI for its contradictory posture.