Sony and Microsoft, kissing in a tree, working on AI and cloud technology

The sky is falling. Hell has frozen over. So I suppose it only makes sense that longtime gaming rivals Sony and Microsoft (who’s also getting closer to Nintendo) announced that they’re working together to improve each other’s products.

But that doesn’t mean you’ll be playing on a PlayStationBox (or XBoxStation?) console any time soon. Instead, the wide-ranging partnership is about creating new cloud and AI technologies — namely through the use of the Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform. Both companies will jointly develop new cloud solutions with Azure, which would benefit their gaming and entertainment services.