Can a Tiny AI Team fight Google?

Good luck to her, as this will be an uphill battle. Big Tech does its own AI research for more money, effectively sucking oxygen out of the room for others. For example, in 2019, Microsoft Corporation invested $1 billion in OpenAI, a research company co-founded by Elon Musk, to accelerate the development of a giant language prediction system called GPT-3. . A Harvard University study on AI ethics, published Wednesday, said the investment belonged to a project run by just 150 people, marking “one of the largest capital investments ever.” be directed exclusively by such a small group.”