Sources: in 2017 and 2018, Intel and OpenAI executives discussed Intel buying a 15% stake for $1B in cash, but CEO Bob Swan did not go forward with the deal (Max A. Cherney/Reuters)

Max A. Cherney / Reuters: Sources: in 2017 and 2018, Intel and OpenAI executives discussed Intel buying a 15% stake for $1B in cash, but CEO Bob Swan did not go forward with the deal  —  For U.S. chip giant Intel, the darling of the computer age before it fell on harder times in the AI era, things might have been quite different.

Sources: in 2017 and 2018, Intel and OpenAI executives discussed Intel buying a 15% stake for $1B in cash, but CEO Bob Swan did not go forward with the deal (Max A. Cherney/Reuters)

Max A. Cherney / Reuters:
Sources: in 2017 and 2018, Intel and OpenAI executives discussed Intel buying a 15% stake for $1B in cash, but CEO Bob Swan did not go forward with the deal  —  For U.S. chip giant Intel, the darling of the computer age before it fell on harder times in the AI era, things might have been quite different.