OpenAI turns to Google’s AI chips to power its products: The Information

OpenAI has recently begun renting Google’s artificial intelligence chips to power ChatGPT and other products, The Information reported on Friday, citing a person involved in the arrangement.

The move, which marks the first time OpenAI has used non-Nvidia chips in a meaningful way, shows the Sam Altman-led company’s shift away from relying on backer Microsoft’s data centres, potentially boosting Google’s tensor processing units (TPUs) as a cheaper alternative to Nvidia’s graphics processing units (GPUs), the report said.

As one of the largest purchasers…