Microsoft is outsourcing its best AI, tech CEO says — and thats good news for Google
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• Microsoft is effectively outsourcing all of its best artificial intelligence research and development (R&D) to OpenAI, according to Todd McKinnon, CEO of cybersecurity firm Okta. Todd McKinnon, CEO of identity security firm Okta, told CNBC on Friday that as Google looks to defend its position in search, it is "probably doing the best job of actually not having to outsource their R&D." Last year, when Google unveiled its Gemini AI chatbot (called Bard at the time), an ad on social media site X showed it giving the wrong answer to a user question. McKinnon noted that AI is a rare segment of technology that has stemmed from substantial backing from major tech giants, rather than organic investments into new product cycles, as was the case with the PC and cloud computing. The "biggest risk" McKinnon sees for the cybersecurity industry going forward is that AI issues stemming from the digital giants — such as disinformation — will "stunt the progress in technology."
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