OpenAI plans to buy Google AI chips to expand computing capacity - The Information

What happened: OpenAI plans to buy AI chips from Alphabet's Google to expand computing capacity and diversify its sources of processing power, The Information reported, citing a person familiar with the matter. Why it matters: The move would add Google's tensor processing units to OpenAI's computing resources. TPUs have emerged as an alternative to Nvidia's graphics processing units, which dominate the AI computing market. Market: +0.8% today ($316.83), +0.6% YTD, 1.1x vol — as of 22:46 UTC Coverage: 4 outlets in 24h

OpenAI plans to buy AI chips from Alphabet's Google to expand computing capacity and diversify its sources of processing power, The Information reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.

The move would add Google's tensor processing units to OpenAI's computing resources. TPUs have emerged as an alternative to Nvidia's graphics processing units, which dominate the AI computing market. Market: +0.8% today ($316.83), +0.6% YTD, 1.1x vol — as of 22:46 UTC