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Hundreds of OpenAI employees threaten to resign and join Microsoft (www.theverge.com)

submitted 10 months ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Jakdracula@lemmy.world 34 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Now they have the team, the chip, the cloud and the IP.

[–] holycrap@lemm.ee 12 points 10 months ago (3 children)

They own openai's ip?

[–] player2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months 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/

[–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months 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

[–] holycrap@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

Thanks!

I sense lawsuits in openai's future.