Microsoft and OpenAI have worked closely since 2019, with Microsoft investing over $13 billion in the ChatGPT maker. However, the partnership seems to be shifting. Microsoft’s AI division, now led by Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind and Inflection, has been expanding its in-house capabilities.

Microsoft Corp. has created in-house artificial intelligence models it believes can go toe-to-toe with industry leaders including partner OpenAI, according to a person familiar with the situation.

According to a person engaged in the program, The Information revealed on Friday that Microsoft is creating its own artificial

This is a major move, considering Microsoft has already invested around $14 billion into OpenAI and uses OpenAI’s technology in many of its products, including the Copilot AI assistant in Microsoft 365 apps like Word and Excel.