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by s1artibartfast 844 days ago
It is more complex than that because they cant change what they do on a whim. no-profits have charters and documents of incorporation, which are the rules they will operate by both now and moving forward.

Why do you think that money was spent a decade ago? Open AI wasn't even founded 10 years ago. Musk's funding was the lions share of all funding until the Microsoft deal in 2019
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sroussey 844 days ago
Because it was started 9 years ago and AI research is expensive.
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s1artibartfast 844 days ago
The reality was different. Prior to MSFT, Open AI ran a lean company operating within the the budget of Musk funding, focusing on science and talent. For example, in 2017, their annual compute spend was <$8 million compared to like 450 million for deep mind.

Big spend only came after MSFT, which invested $1B and then $10B, primarily in the form of credit for compute.

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