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Jan 2023
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Why is Microsoft putting billions of dol...

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Microsoft has announced a multi-year, multibillion dollar investment in artificial intelligence (AI) as it extends its partnership with OpenAI. OpenAI is the creator of popular image generation tool Dall-E and the chatbot ChatGPT. The Windows and Xbox maker plans up to 10,000 redundancies, but said it would still hire in key strategic areas. (Picture: Ope ... Show More
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