Microsoft’s multibillion dollar investment in OpenAI came from fear of falling behind Google’s tech [TechSpot]

In June 2019, Microsoft CTO and Executive Vice President of AI Kevin Scott initiated the email thread with the subject line, “Thoughts on OpenAI.” He addressed it to CEO Satya Nadella and company co-founder Bill Gates. Most of the email was redacted, but what came through was Scott’s concern that…Read Entire Article