CNBC July 18, 2023
Key Points
– Microsoft announced the availability of Meta’s new language software at its Inspire conference on Tuesday.
– A Meta spokesperson said the company is not “not focused on monetization for Llama 2,” and that businesses would need to pay Microsoft for the enterprise hosting capabilities.
– For Microsoft, the deal shows its willingness to throw some of its weight behind an AI language from a company other than OpenAI.
Microsoft went big on artificial intelligence with its multibillion-dollar investment in OpenAI, whose chatbot technology is being used alongside search and other key products.
But Microsoft is making clear that it’s not strictly an OpenAI shop when it comes to generative AI. On Tuesday at its Inspire conference, the...