NEW DELHI: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has said that Bill Gates warned him against investing in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI. During an interview with ‘TPBN’ – a tech-focused YouTube show, Nadella recalled that getting investment for the company wasn’t straightforward. Even at Microsoft, you kind of got to have to get a board approval to just go throw a billion dollars out there,” Nadella said, adding “Remember this was a nonprofit, and I think Bill even said, ‘Yeah, you’re going to burn this billion dollars’”.

“But I must say it was not that hard to convince anyone that this is an important area and it’s going to be risky,” he continued. To recall, Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019. Since then it has funded the AI company with over $13 billion.

“In retrospect, who would have thoug

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