- In addition to disclosure of engagement with Nvidia on enterprise AI initiatives, Microsoft today highlights collaboration with OpenAI and introduces the Azure Bot Service.
- Regarding OpenAI, Microsoft is tapped as the primary cloud platform for the company, where it will run many of its large-scale experiments.
- The Azure Bot Service, powered by the Microsoft Bot Framework, enables development, connection, deployment and management of bots capable of interacting across a wide range of services (apps, websites, text/SMS, Slack, Facebook Messenger, Skype, Teams, Kik, Office 365 mail etc. cited). These bots operate on a serverless environment provisioned by Azure Functions.
- As the AI (and cloud) races heat up, Microsoft (MSFT +0.9%) appears increasingly targeted on both.
- Related (September 30): Microsoft forms internal AI group