Technology
Microsoft is intensifying its efforts to rival openai, a long-time partner, by enhancing its own highly effective AI products and investigating alternatives to power offerings like Microsoft’s Copilot bot.
microsoft has created its own AI “reasoning” products akin to those such as OpenAI’s o1 and o3-mini, according to reports from The Information. It is claimed that OpenAI has denied Microsoft’s requests for detailed technical information regarding the workings of o1 — escalating tensions between the two companies.
Additionally, Microsoft has established a suite of products referred to as MAI that could compete with those developed by OpenAI, as reported by Bloomberg, and it is said to be interested in making them available via an API later this year. In parallel with these initiatives, Microsoft is reportedly evaluating various AI solutions from xAI, Meta, Anthropic, and DeepSeek as potential substitutes for OpenAI technology in Copilot.
Having invested approximately $14 billion in OpenAI thus far, Microsoft aims to diversify its strategies across multiple fronts including recruiting DeepMind and co-founder of Inflection, Mustafa Suleyman to spearhead the tech giant’s AI initiatives.
