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Highlights
01:51 — Microsoft invested $1 billion in Open AI (brain-like machines) back in 2019. This May, the integration of Open AI and Microsoft Azure expanded to “Azure AI.” Meta is adopting the Azure platform for its Meta AI group.
03:05 — Both companies plan to collaborate to scale adoption on Microsoft Azure for the open-source machine learning framework Pytorch.
03:16 — Meta is looking to create faster distributed AI training for its large-scale language model OPT by harnessing Azure’s massive computing power.
03:50 — Meta is using this AI to aid its Image Similarity Challenge, Deepfake Detection Challenge, and Hateful Memes Challenge in an effort to foster more responsible AI platforms.
04:19 — The Microsoft-Meta collaboration indicates some behind-the-scenes innovation toward potential Metaverse capabilities, including real-time translation and collaboration.
05:08 — Microsoft has invested heavily in HoloLens while Meta/Facebook continues to push resources into Oculus in a “battle of metaverse hardware.” Today’s AI innovations indicate progress in future Metaverse projects.
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