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I mean, AI is a vector for their growth now and Satya questioned in the past like why Microsoft research did not produce something like OpenAI.

• cjk2 2y ago
  That'd be because MSR was working on stuff for customers, not for shareholders...
  • mizzao 2y ago
    MSR was actually working for themselves (researchers who were career paper-publishers aka professors without teaching responsibilities). Source: worked at MSR
    • cjk2 2y ago
      That is exactly what working for the customer is. Fundamental technology, research and science.
      • kevinventullo 2y ago
        Working for the customer is designing a new graph search algorithm that speeds up formula propagation in Excel by 10%. Working for yourself is designing a new graph search algorithm that’s really cool and gets published in top journals and conferences.
        • cjk2 2y ago
          The latter makes its way into products occasionally. Which helps the customer. A lot of the stuff I use comes from research not a product team.