AMD said on Monday it will supply artificial intelligence chips to OpenAI in a multi-year deal that would bring in tens of billions of dollars in annual revenue and give the ChatGPT creator the option to buy up to roughly 10% of the chipmaker. The latest deal, among a string of investment commitments, is a testament to OpenAI and the broader AI industry’s voracious appetite for computing power as companies race toward developing AI technology that meets or exceeds human intelligence. The deal offers OpenAI an opportunity to take a stake in one of Nvidia’s most formidable rivals and is a major vote of confidence in AMD’s AI chips and software. Is OpenAI trying to diversify its computing technologies ?
