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> Microsoft's investment does not amount to control of the company. We can't know this without seeing the agreement. > ""While details of our agreement remain

> Microsoft's investment does not amount to control of the company. We can't know this without seeing the agreement. > ""While details of our agreement remain confidential..."

DalasNoin 3y ago
I wonder if this was triggered by Microsoft having a big part in forcing Sam back into OpenAI. Certainly, housing the infrastructure and compute of OpenAI gives them some effective power.
- manojlds 3y ago
  But that's not how it played out though. MS offered them a new home, so from the outside at least, they had leverage that any other player could have had.
  - lolinder 3y ago
    MS very quickly had an agreement with the ex-CEO to form OpenAI 2.0 within Microsoft. Maybe another player could have done that, but it seems more likely that Sam Altman and Microsoft have a Special Relationship.
  - AlexandrB 3y ago
    Not based on what Satya Nadella said in an interview: > "We have all the rights and all the capability. I mean, look, right, if tomorrow, if OpenAI disappeared, I don't want any customer of ours to be worried about it, quite honestly, because we have all of the rights to continue the innovation, not just to serve the products."[1] If you're an OpenAI employee looking to continue working on the product, would you rather go to SalesForce and start from scratch or Microsoft and continue (roughly) where you left off? [1] https://stackdiary.com/satya-nadella-we-have-all-the-rights-and-all-the-capability/ https://stackdiary.com/satya-nadella-we-have-all-the-rights-...
nicce 3y ago
What we do know is that Microsoft has exclusive permission to all OpenAI products, until AGI is reached. Do we need to know the rest?