Microsoft said to work on creating cheaper AI with same quality of OpenAI models
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Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is reportedly working on creating artificial intelligence at a lower cost than that used by OpenAI's models while also echoing the same quality.
Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft (MSFT) has largely hinged much of its AI-related future on integrating technology from OpenAI - maker of the popular chatbot ChatGPT - into its products. However, the costs have risen to the point where the company is working on an alternative route, The Information reported, citing a current and former employee.
Corporate Vice President and head of Microsoft Research Peter Lee is leading a team of roughly 1,500 researchers to create conversational AI that is smaller in size and costs less to operate, the news outlet added.
The in-house AI software would be used on some of Microsoft's own products, including a Bing search chatbot, the news outlet explained. The Bing chatbot is already parsing some queries to the in-house models, while OpenAI's models handle more complex queries.
Microsoft (MSFT) did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Seeking Alpha.

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