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by hnryjmes 2103 days ago
What's stopping Microsoft buying OpenAI like Google (Alphabet) bought DeepMind?
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Aeronwen 2103 days ago
Microsoft wouldn't make back the purchase price doing anything with OpenAI's IP that they can't do now.
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pen2l 2103 days ago
It would be a damn valuable acqui-hire though. I think the deepmind-acquisition comparison grandparent post makes is very apt.
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marvin 2100 days ago
OpenAI's board of directors, I'd say. Becoming a subsidiary to Microsoft compromises their mission.
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