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AI Spells The End Of OS As We Know It

ITProToday, April 20th, 2023

Artificial intelligence platforms offer a foundation upon which numerous apps get built, shaking up the entire software ecosystem. Could this be the beginning of the end for traditional operating systems?

Bloomberg Opinion -- Artificial intelligence systems help us write essays, produce album art and translate languages. But the bigger impact from these technologies could be a shake-up of the entire software ecosystem, as a developers start to build their products around AI platforms instead of operating systems.

Alphabet's Google and Microsoft are among those joining start-up OpenAI in the rush to stake out territory in the nascent market for generative AI - systems that create content that mimics what a human may produce.

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