OpenAI Considers Making Custom AI Chips to Reduce Costs
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OpenAI looking into making own AI chips due to chip shortage and high costs
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Currently relies heavily on Nvidia GPUs which are expensive to acquire and operate
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Creating custom chips would follow moves by Google, Amazon into custom silicon
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Could acquire chip company to speed up process but would take years
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Microsoft, a major backer, also working on AI chip OpenAI is testing