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Regulators aren’t convinced that Microsoft and OpenAI operate independently (arstechnica.com)

submitted 9 months ago by GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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European Union regulators are concerned that Microsoft may be covertly controlling OpenAI as its biggest investor.

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[–] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 40 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Wait, do you mean that the majority stakeholder in a company would try to control it? Pickachu face

Yes, i am aware that the actual problem is that it is being done covertly and that the manoeuvring might have been to take control of the Non Profit

[–] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

They're not a majority stakeholder. They invested $13b and a lot of that wasn't cash, it was just credits to use Azure.

That's more money than anyone else has invested so far, but it's only about 2 weeks revenue for Microsoft and not even close to enough to fund OpenAI.

Wether or not they're a non profit? I dunno. OpenAI's structure is pretty unusual.

[–] technojamin@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

A year later, Microsoft revealed it’d built an Azure-hosted, OpenAI-co-designed supercomputer that at the time was among the most powerful machines in the world.

I don’t think you can co-create a supercomputer with a company and not be deeply involved with them. Combine that with the inherent power Microsoft has because of their money, and I think it’s pretty easy to see how they could exercise control indirectly.

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