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New Partnership on Streaming Games, Chips and AI by Two Tech Giants Source: Microsoft - CEO's of Sony and Microsoft Shake Hands on New Partnership The Cloud and the Consumer This is a new and important strategic partnership to develop new innovations. Two global technology giants Microsoft and Sony are joining forces. Sony will use the Microsoft cloud to stream games and media. And the two will work together to develop new image sensors and further the use of Artificial Intelligence in Sony products. Major Consumer Interactive Entertainmen t The purpose of the collaboration is to advance interactive content. Both have major interactive entertainment businesses: Microsoft's Xbox and Sony's PlayStation, that in some cases have been business partners and in other cases competitors. Win-Win This is a big competitive win for Microsoft's Azure cloud computing business particularly over Amazon's cloud market leader, Amazon Web Services. Sony and Micros