It’s “billion” with a “b.”
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It’s no secret that OpenAI and its lead investor Microsoft are committed to making AI the next big thing in computing.
But a new scoop reveals exactly how deep the effort goes. Citing an anonymous source familiar with the project, information this dynamic duo built $100 billion (with a “b” for “billion” and the gross domestic product of many countries) on a top-secret supercomputer designed to train a powerful new AI. It is reported that the company is working on the development of
OpenAI did not respond quartzMicrosoft did not object to the report in a statement when asked for comment on the facility, code-named Stargate, and reportedly scheduled to open in 2028.
“Microsoft has demonstrated the ability to build pioneering AI infrastructure used to train and deploy the world’s leading AI models,” a Microsoft spokesperson told the site. “We are constantly planning for the next generation of infrastructure innovations needed to continue pushing the frontiers of AI capabilities.”
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Needless to say, it’s a huge investment. As such, the book shines an even brighter spotlight on a pressing question for the still-infant AI industry: what will the overall break-even be?
So far, most companies in this space, including Microsoft and OpenAI, are offering their essential AI services for free, and in some cases offering more advanced upsell versions like OpenAI’s ChatGPT Plus. Masu.
Granted, many people spend similar monthly amounts on services like streaming video, so it’s certainly possible that there will be a few winners with that subscription model. But it’s hard to imagine freemium keeping a particularly broad industry afloat, and even OpenAI is already concerned about keeping costs down, as evidenced by its desperate fight to avoid paying for training data. And it seems.
And $100 billion in new funding won’t alleviate that pressure, never mind the staggering power and maintenance costs of such facilities.
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