IBM partners with Microsoft on new AI endeavor

IBM (NYSE: IBM) has expanded its collaboration with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) to help joint clients accelerate the deployment of generative artificial intelligence (AI).

IBM Consulting, in collaboration with Microsoft, will focus on helping clients to implement and scale the new Azure OpenAI Service, a fully managed AI service that allows developers and data scientists to apply powerful large language models, including their GPT and Codex series. According to the companies, the new service helps businesses automate the highly manual and fragmented sourcing and procurement process as well as drive new insights about their supply chain. The solution is designed to improve operational efficiency, save time, and generate new actionable insights for users.

“Businesses are looking for responsible ways to adopt and integrate multi-model generative AI solutions that augment the work their teams are doing in areas such as creative content and code creation, content summarization and search,” said Francesco Brenna, global vice president and senior partner for the Microsoft Practice at IBM Consulting. “Our work with Microsoft is another example of IBM’s open ecosystem model designed to bring value to clients while helping them responsibly build and scale generative AI across their businesses.”