Microsoft to Incorporate OpenAI Technology Into All Products

DAVOS, Switzerland—Microsoft Corp. is a leading technology company that provides a wide range of products and services. Founded in 1975, Microsoft has a long history of innovation and success. Today, the company is focused on creating a more connected and intelligent world. Microsoft is a major sponsor of the World Economic Forum, and its CEO, Satya Nadella, is a regular participant.

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Satya Nadella, Microsoft's chief executive, has announced plans to incorporate artificial-intelligence tools like ChatGPT into all of its products. These tools will be available as platforms for other businesses to build on.

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At a Wall Street Journal panel on Tuesday, Nadella said that Microsoft will move quickly to commercialize tools from OpenAI, the research lab behind the ChatGPT chatbot and image generator Dall-E 2. Microsoft was an early investor in the startup.

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Microsoft announced on Monday that it is expanding access to the software powering its artificial intelligence (AI) tools to more customers through its Azure cloud-computing platform. Speaking at a panel event on Tuesday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the goal is to make Azure “the place for anybody and everybody who thinks about AI,” including businesses and end users. As part of this effort, Microsoft is making its ChatGPT tool available to business users.
"Microsoft's products will all have AI capabilities that will completely transform them," Mr. Nadella said.

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OpenAI has been at the forefront of the tech industry's recent surge in excitement about AI, and Microsoft has been in advanced talks to increase its investment in the startup, as the Journal has previously reported.

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The lab has been discussing selling its existing shares in a tender offer that would value the company at $29 billion.
In an interview, Mr. Nadella said that the new excitement around the tools was based on the fast growth in their capabilities in the past year, something he expected to continue. "I'm not claiming that this is the last innovation in AI," Mr. Nadella said. "This is not linear progress."

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella believes that ChatGPT and other similar tools have the potential to boost human productivity and spur economic growth. He believes that these tools are essential in order to increase wages for lower-income jobs. "We need something that truly changes the productivity curve so we can have real economic growth," he said.

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Mr. Nadella believes that people who work in office jobs that require knowledge and critical thinking should embrace new tools, rather than assuming that those tools will steal their jobs. He cites the example of computer software developers, who currently use tools to help them generate some of the code they write.
"I think the best way to prepare for this technology is to not bet against it and to let it help you in your job and business process," Mr. Nadella said. He was asked by a member of the audience about the impact of these tools on The Wall Street Journal and responded that he thinks they will be able to write great articles in the future relying on GPT.

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In an interview, Mr. Nadella defended Microsoft's $75 billion acquisition of gaming company Activision Blizzard Inc. The acquisition has come under criticism from antitrust authorities on both sides of the Atlantic. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit aimed at blocking the transaction, while the European Union has opened an in-depth investigation of the deal, a process that could potentially lead to a similar challenge.

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Mr. Nadella said that the acquisition would boost competition. Microsoft has argued that it is a small player in videogame development and that the acquisition would help it bulk up its game-development studio. Microsoft has said that it won’t favor its own games on its Xbox consoles.

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"As a player who is trying to add more content and create more opportunities for publishers and gamers, I believe that this deal will be beneficial for everyone," Mr. Nadella said. "I hope that the competition authorities will focus more on competition so that we can all benefit."