OpenAI Looks to Make Own AI Chips Amid GPU Shortage Hampering Model Development

OpenAI is exploring making its own AI chips to deal with the shortage of chips to train AI models.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has made acquiring more AI chips a top priority.

OpenAI currently relies on GPUs to develop models like ChatGPT, but GPUs are in short supply.

An analysis found ChatGPT at scale would require billions in GPUs initially and annually.

Other companies like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft are also developing custom AI chips, but hardware is an unforgiving business.