Microsoft is an AGI skeptic, but is there tension with OpenAI?

Open AI CEO Sam Altman chats with Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott at Microsoft Build 2024. Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Since OpenAI launched ChatGPT over two years ago, it has retained its position as one of the frontrunners in the AI race, constantly developing smarter models and spin-off products. The company has no intention of slowing down, with its ultimate goal being to achieve Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) or AI with autonomous, human-level intelligence. "Our mission is to ensure that AGI benefits all of humanity," said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in a blog post last month. "In some sense, AGI is just another tool in this ever-taller scaffolding of human progress we are building together." Also: Generative AI is finally finding its sweet spot, says Databricks chief AI scientist However, OpenAI's biggest strategic partner, Microsoft, has taken a different approach. In a recent interview, CEO Satya Nadella shared that the company is not working on the long-term goal of achieving AGI becau ... Read full article.