Microsoft is continuing to expand its fleet of AI partners, hedging its bets beyond its high-profile partnership with OpenAI — a change that’s coming into sharper focus this week at the company’s Build developer conference.

OpenAI is currently in “a tough negotiation” with one of its biggest investors and partners, Microsoft, according to the Financial Times. The AI startup

Microsoft’s Bing Image Creator is quite popular for generating AI images for free. And now, the company is teasing that you can soon generate AI videos using OpenAI’s Sora model via Bing Video Creator. The new Bing Video Creator tool is being teased on desktop and through the Bing mobile app on Android and iOS.

As OpenAI eyes a public offering, discussions with Microsoft focus on future technology access and investment structures.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at OpenAI DevDay on Nov. 6, 2023 as Sam Altman looks on. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) The news: OpenAI and

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As part of a new partnership, G42, an Emirati A.I. firm, will also help fund OpenAI’s new computer facilities in the United States.

The additional funds bring the total amount secured for the project to $15 billion and will add six additional buildings to the campus. Read more about Stargate's first data center.

When Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella ran into Meta’s former engineering chief, Jay Parikh, at a conference last summer, he had the future of AI top of mind. The pair have known each other for around 15 years,