OpenAI and Google Cloud Services recently announced a cloud-service deal. The collaboration stands out for two reasons:
Firstly, Microsoft, one of OpenAI's biggest backers, also offers cloud services, and many consider Microsoft Azure to be the crème de la crème of the sector. The new deal bodes well for Google because it shows that their cloud service tech is good enough to compete with the best. It also shows that OpenAI wants to reduce its dependence on Microsoft.
It is also ironic that these two companies have chosen to partner as OpenAI is considered a huge threat to Google Search. Many complex questions are now going straight to AI chatbots and bypassing search engines.
It is all happening in the world of AI. My opinion is that the size and scale is going to be so big that most of the large players are going to be winners.