▲ 192 ▼ Hundreds of OpenAI employees threaten to resign and join Microsoft (www.theverge.com) submitted 2 years ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world 11 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Jakdracula@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago (1 child) Now they have the team, the chip, the cloud and the IP. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] holycrap@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) They own openai's ip? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] player2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Here is a comment I copied from Hacker News: If they join Sam Altman and Greg Brockman at Microsoft they will not need to start from scratch because Microsoft has full rights [1] to ChatGPT IP. They can just fork ChatGPT. Also keep in mind that Microsoft hasn't actually given OpenAI $13 Billion because much of that is in the form of Azure credits. So this could end up being the cheapest acquisition for Microsoft: They get a $90 Billion company for peanuts. [1] https://stratechery.com/2023/openais-misalignment-and-microsofts-gain/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago Damn, all that because of the board. I reaaally want to know what actually drove them to fire Altman. I don't think it was worth it but heh permalink fedilink source parent [–] holycrap@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago Thanks! I sense lawsuits in openai's future. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] holycrap@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) They own openai's ip? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] player2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Here is a comment I copied from Hacker News: If they join Sam Altman and Greg Brockman at Microsoft they will not need to start from scratch because Microsoft has full rights [1] to ChatGPT IP. They can just fork ChatGPT. Also keep in mind that Microsoft hasn't actually given OpenAI $13 Billion because much of that is in the form of Azure credits. So this could end up being the cheapest acquisition for Microsoft: They get a $90 Billion company for peanuts. [1] https://stratechery.com/2023/openais-misalignment-and-microsofts-gain/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago Damn, all that because of the board. I reaaally want to know what actually drove them to fire Altman. I don't think it was worth it but heh permalink fedilink source parent [–] holycrap@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago Thanks! I sense lawsuits in openai's future. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] player2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Here is a comment I copied from Hacker News: If they join Sam Altman and Greg Brockman at Microsoft they will not need to start from scratch because Microsoft has full rights [1] to ChatGPT IP. They can just fork ChatGPT. Also keep in mind that Microsoft hasn't actually given OpenAI $13 Billion because much of that is in the form of Azure credits. So this could end up being the cheapest acquisition for Microsoft: They get a $90 Billion company for peanuts. [1] https://stratechery.com/2023/openais-misalignment-and-microsofts-gain/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago Damn, all that because of the board. I reaaally want to know what actually drove them to fire Altman. I don't think it was worth it but heh permalink fedilink source parent [–] holycrap@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago Thanks! I sense lawsuits in openai's future. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago Damn, all that because of the board. I reaaally want to know what actually drove them to fire Altman. I don't think it was worth it but heh permalink fedilink source parent
[–] holycrap@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago Thanks! I sense lawsuits in openai's future. permalink fedilink source parent