Google Convinces OpenAI to Use TPU Chips in Win Against Nvidia

OpenAI, one of the world’s biggest customers of Nvidia artificial intelligence chips, recently began renting Google’s AI chips to power ChatGPT and other products, the first time it has used non-Nvidia chips in a meaningful way, according to a person who is involved in the arrangement.

The move reflects OpenAI’s broader shift away from relying on Microsoft data centers and could boost Google’s tensor processing units as a cheaper alternative to Nvidia’s graphics processing units, which dominate the AI chip market.