OpenAI Solves Its Database Problem With Microsoft Azure Cash

The claim: OpenAI states it has scaled its Habitat storage system using reliable multi-tenancy, global caching, and Azure Cosmos DB to deliver 12 times faster reads for ChatGPT.

The reality: It means Microsoft is footing the hardware bill to keep a billion people chatting, relying on standard enterprise database tricks rather than any breakthroughs in artificial intelligence.

Why should I care? You shouldn't
Basic cloud infrastructure updates dressed up as engineering genius for an audience that won't read the code anyway.

Read the original: Rapidly scaling online storage to serve over 1 billion ChatGPT users (Part II)