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According to reports, OpenAI and Microsoft each have their own concept of artificial general intelligence, or AGI. According to the article, the two institutions included a commercial indication of AGI in last year's collaboration agreement. According to the new definition, an AI system that generates at least $100 billion in earnings (approximately Rs. 854 lakh crore) will be termed AGI. Interestingly, an earlier story stated that the AI business is also attempting to delete the AGI provision from the deal, which specifies that if AGI is realized, Microsoft will lose access to any of OpenAI's AI models.
OpenAI and Microsoft's AGI definition highlights financial ambition
According to The Information, the current agreement between OpenAI and Microsoft defines AGI in an unusual way. This arrangement, announced in January 2023, was a renewal of the 2019 collaboration agreement. Notably, this was a multiyear agreement that made Microsoft's Azure platform the only cloud supplier for OpenAI. The IT behemoth allegedly invested $13 billion (approximately Rs. 1.1 lakh crore) in the AI company.
According to the paper, AGI is defined as an AI system capable of producing at least $100 billion in revenues. The agreement is considered to have no technical or philosophical benchmarks. However, most scientists working on the topic believe that an AGI is an AI system with human-level intellect and cognitive capacities that can understand, acquire, and apply knowledge across a wide variety of tasks. Notably, AGI differs from superintelligence, which is an intelligence system that outperforms human skills.
The use of AGI in the agreement may appear weird to some, but it serves a purpose. According to the article, the present multi-year arrangement would expire if OpenAI reaches AGI. That implies Microsoft will not have early access to any subsequent AI models after that. Furthermore, the IT behemoth loses the exclusive right to be OpenAI's cloud provider.
According to the magazine, OpenAI is also attempting to renegotiate the existing deal, fearing that the aforementioned AGI provision would prohibit Microsoft from investing more in the firm. To remove this, the AI firm must first become a for-profit corporation.
The present discussions with Microsoft, the company's key sponsor, are apparently focused on four areas. The first is Microsot's stock share in the for-profit organization. The second question is whether Azure will continue to be OpenAI's only cloud supplier. Third, the tech behemoth owns the AI firm's future AI models. Finally, if the Windows manufacturer will continue to collect 20% of the money from the ChatGPT creator.
