"We are multiple years behind the competition in terms of ML scale," emails show Microsoft executives were worried about rival Google's AI development, which motivated them to invest in OpenAI

Microsoft vs Google.

What you need to know

• Emails from 2019 between Microsoft executives Bill Gates, Satya Nadella, and Kevin Scott, were made public as part of an ongoing antitrust case. 
• These emails specifically discuss worries that Microsoft's AI was "multiple years behind" key rival Google's AI. 
• After these emails were sent, Microsoft went on to invest in OpenAI, which has helped the company improve its own AI developments.
• Today, Microsoft Copilot, an AI program, is integrated into various Microsoft software to provide AI assistance in various ways.