ByteDance is Microsoft’s biggest AI customer, even as Washington treats Chinese AI as a threat

ByteDance: Microsoft’s Top AI Customer

ByteDance has generally been Microsoft’s single biggest AI customer in recent years, and it is on track to spend more than $1bn a year on Microsoft’s AI and cloud services, according to Bloomberg. The striking part is what the TikTok owner is mostly buying: OpenAI models, sold through Microsoft’s Azure cloud, in a market that…

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