Edition No. 117 · Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Story 17 of 52

Microsoft AI chief says the company beat OpenAI at its own game, using a quarter of the computing power

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Microsoft's AI chief says a new in-house model beat OpenAI's using a quarter of the computing power.

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