Microsoft, one of the biggest players in the tech industry, is reportedly planning to invest $10 billion in OpenAI, an AI software company making headlines with its potentially revolutionary but also controversial chatbot software ChatGPT and image AI Dall-E . The investment is intended to give Microsoft a decisive boost, especially in the search engine business, by integrating ChatGPT into its own offerings such as Bing and Office. Microsoft Wants to Invest Billions in the ChatGPT The investment is reportedly part of a complicated deal that would see Microsoft receive 75 percent of OpenAI's profits until the company recoups the investment. After that, Microsoft would secure 49 percent of the shares in OpenAI. The alleged investment is the logical consequence of long-standing business relationships between Microsoft and OpenAI. In 2019, Microsoft invested $1 billion and became the AI specialist’s exclusive partner with Azure to keep the competition away. ChatGPT, the free softwar...