The tech giant has announced an initiative that will pivot the company away from its relationship with entrepreneur Sam Altman’s OpenAI, instead of developing its own artificial intelligence system. While Microsoft’s products come embedded with OpenAI software after a 2019 partnership, the company’s push for AI independence is fueled in part by company AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman’s efforts to recenter human beings in the search for digital superintelligence. But as AI fever continues to sweep through the halls of industry, education and everyday life, where does Microsoft’s human-centric vision for the technology fit?

A ‘very tough tradeoff’ for an AI ‘accelerationist’

A recently renegotiated agreement with OpenAI has allowed Microsoft to establish a new internal “Superintelligence Team” t

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