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Big Technology Podcast

New ROI Questions For AI, Microsoft’s Empire Plans, Jassy’s Amazon Comeback

Jul 12, 2024
Tech journalist Tom Dotan discusses slow GenAI consumer usage, OpenAI's AI sophistication levels, challenges in enterprise AI rollouts, Bing's struggles vs. Google, Microsoft's AI empire plans, and Amazon's financial turnaround under Andy Jassy post-Jeff Bezos.
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  • Microsoft is diversifying AI investments beyond open AI for competitive large language models internally.
  • Amazon under Andy Jassy's leadership shifts focus to cost-cutting strategies and achieves record profits.

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Microsoft's Strategic Shift in Building an AI Empire

Microsoft's move to diversify its AI investments beyond open AI, including internal AI model development, signals a strategic shift in building a robust AI ecosystem. By acquiring companies like Inflection and investing in Mistral, Microsoft aims to have alternatives to open AI and develop competitive large language models internally, mitigating dependency risks.

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