{"id":97010,"date":"2019-07-22T13:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/?p=433699"},"modified":"2019-07-22T13:00:17","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T13:00:17","slug":"openai-forms-exclusive-computing-partnership-with-microsoft-to-build-new-azure-ai-supercomputing-technologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/07\/22\/openai-forms-exclusive-computing-partnership-with-microsoft-to-build-new-azure-ai-supercomputing-technologies\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI forms exclusive computing partnership with Microsoft to build new Azure AI supercomputing technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><i>Multiyear partnership founded on shared values of trustworthiness and empowerment, and an investment of $1 billion from Microsoft, will focus on building a platform that OpenAI will use to create new AI technologies and deliver on the promise of artificial general intelligence<\/i><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_433740\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/3er1viui9wo30pkxh1v2nh4w-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/prod\/prod\/prod\/prod\/2019\/07\/MSFT-Nadella-OpenAI-Altman-09-official-joint-pic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-433740 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/openai-forms-exclusive-computing-partnership-with-microsoft-to-build-new-azure-ai-supercomputing-technologies.jpg\" alt=\"Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI (left), and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella\" width=\"1024\" height=\"652\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI (left), and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>SAN FRANCISCO and REDMOND, Wash. \u2014 July 22, 2019<\/strong> <strong>\u2014<\/strong> Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI, two companies thinking deeply about the role of AI in the world and how to build secure, trustworthy and ethical AI to serve the public, have partnered to further extend Microsoft Azure\u2019s capabilities in large-scale AI systems. Through this partnership, the companies will accelerate breakthroughs in AI and power OpenAI\u2019s efforts to create artificial general intelligence (AGI). The resulting enhancements to the Azure platform will also help developers build the next generation of AI applications. The partnership covers the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Microsoft and OpenAI will jointly build new Azure AI supercomputing technologies<\/li>\n<li>OpenAI will port its services to run on Microsoft Azure, which it will use to create new AI technologies and deliver on the promise of artificial general intelligence<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft will become OpenAI\u2019s preferred partner for commercializing new AI technologies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The companies will focus on building a computational platform in Azure of unprecedented scale, which will train and run increasingly advanced AI models, include hardware technologies that build on Microsoft\u2019s supercomputing technology, and adhere to the two companies\u2019 shared principles on ethics and trust. This will create the foundation for advancements in AI to be implemented in a safe, secure and trustworthy way and is a critical reason the companies chose to partner together.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past decade, innovative applications of deep neural networks coupled with increasing computational power have led to continuous AI breakthroughs in areas such as vision, speech, language processing, translation, robotic control and even gaming. Modern AI systems work well for the specific problem on which they\u2019ve been trained, but getting AI systems to help address some of the hardest problems facing the world today will require generalization and deep mastery of multiple AI technologies. OpenAI and Microsoft\u2019s vision is for artificial general intelligence to work with people to help solve currently intractable multidisciplinary problems, including global challenges such as climate change, more personalized healthcare and education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe creation of AGI will be the most important technological development in human history, with the potential to shape the trajectory of humanity,\u201d said Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI. \u201cOur mission is to ensure that AGI technology benefits all of humanity, and we\u2019re working with Microsoft to build the supercomputing foundation on which we\u2019ll build AGI. We believe it\u2019s crucial that AGI is deployed safely and securely and that its economic benefits are widely distributed. We are excited about how deeply Microsoft shares this vision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAI is one of the most transformative technologies of our time and has the potential to help solve many of our world\u2019s most pressing challenges,\u201d said Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft. \u201cBy bringing together OpenAI\u2019s breakthrough technology with new Azure AI supercomputing technologies, our ambition is to democratize AI \u2014 while always keeping AI safety front and center \u2014 so everyone can benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>About OpenAI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OpenAI\u2019s mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. The <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/charter\/\">OpenAI Charter<\/a> describes the principles that guide it as it executes on this mission.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Microsoft<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft (Nasdaq \u201cMSFT\u201d @microsoft) enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information, press only:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft Media Relations, WE Communications for Microsoft, (425) 638-7777, rrt@we-worldwide.com<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI Media Relations, press@openai.com<\/p>\n<p><em>Note to editors:<\/em> For more information, news and perspectives from Microsoft, please visit the Microsoft News Center at <a href=\"http:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/\">http:\/\/news.microsoft.com<\/a>. Web links, telephone numbers and titles were correct at time of publication but may have changed. For additional assistance, journalists and analysts may contact Microsoft\u2019s Rapid Response Team or other appropriate contacts listed at <a href=\"http:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/microsoft-public-relations-contacts\/\">http:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/microsoft-public-relations-contacts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiyear partnership founded on shared values of trustworthiness and empowerment, and an investment of $1 billion from Microsoft, will focus on building a platform that OpenAI will use to create new AI technologies and deliver on the promise of artificial general intelligence Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI (left), and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella SAN FRANCISCO [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[135,475,112],"class_list":["post-97010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-microsoft-news","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-azure-ai","tag-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}