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Am I crazy, or was this press release fully rewritten in the past 10 minutes? The current version is around half the length of the old one, which did not frame

Am I crazy, or was this press release fully rewritten in the past 10 minutes? The current version is around half the length of the old one, which did not frame it as a "simplification" "grounded in flexibility" but as a deeper partnership. It also had word salad about AGI, and said Azure retained exclusivity for API products but not other products, which the new statement seems to contradict. What was I looking at?

einsteinx2 5mo ago
I noticed the exact same thing. I read the original, went back to read it again and it’s completely changed.
- 3form 5mo ago
  I think a stickied comment about this would be due. No idea if it's possible to call in @dang via at-name?
  - einsteinx2 5mo ago
    Looks like they changed the post link to a Bloomberg article instead but kept the comments thread. So I guess he’s already aware.
  - kergonath 5mo ago
    > No idea if it's possible to call in @dang via at-name? No. Email hn@ycombinator.com https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
antonkochubey 5mo ago
They forgot the "hey ChatGPT, rewrite this to have better impact on the company stock" before submitting it
alansaber 5mo ago
The in-house or the marketing team swooped in last minute it appears
- MichaelZuo 5mo ago
  It’s extraordinary how much standards have slipped. Completely rewriting a major press release that’s already been sent out, while pretending it’s ostensibly the same document would have been a major corporate scandal just 15 years ago.
acdanger 5mo ago
If anyone has the original release still up and can post it somewhere that would be grand.
jimbokun 5mo ago
I don’t know. I couldn’t get past the first paragraph because it seemed like complete slop.
Petersipoi 5mo ago
It is rewritten on every refresh depending on the readers mood, personality, etc.. so they're most receptive to it. Obviously not, but we might not be far off from that being a reality.

einsteinx2 5mo ago

I noticed the exact same thing. I read the original, went back to read it again and it’s completely changed.

3form 5mo ago
I think a stickied comment about this would be due. No idea if it's possible to call in @dang via at-name?
- einsteinx2 5mo ago
  Looks like they changed the post link to a Bloomberg article instead but kept the comments thread. So I guess he’s already aware.
- kergonath 5mo ago
  > No idea if it's possible to call in @dang via at-name? No. Email hn@ycombinator.com https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

antonkochubey 5mo ago

They forgot the "hey ChatGPT, rewrite this to have better impact on the company stock" before submitting it

alansaber 5mo ago

The in-house or the marketing team swooped in last minute it appears

MichaelZuo 5mo ago
It’s extraordinary how much standards have slipped. Completely rewriting a major press release that’s already been sent out, while pretending it’s ostensibly the same document would have been a major corporate scandal just 15 years ago.

acdanger 5mo ago

If anyone has the original release still up and can post it somewhere that would be grand.

jimbokun 5mo ago

I don’t know. I couldn’t get past the first paragraph because it seemed like complete slop.

Petersipoi 5mo ago

It is rewritten on every refresh depending on the readers mood, personality, etc.. so they're most receptive to it. Obviously not, but we might not be far off from that being a reality.