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Re:Sam Altman Says OpenAI Will Leave the EU If There's Any R... by ChrisLTD on Thursday May 25, 2023 @07:40AM (#36069457)
This is a normal negotiation tactic on the part of OpenAI. Businesses often say they will leave a jurisdiction or be forced to shut down if X regulation is put in place.
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Re:Sam Altman Says OpenAI Will Leave the EU If There's Any R... by themitigating on Thursday May 25, 2023 @08:09AM (#36069717)
It's a tactic of all businesses. In the US they play states against each other to get higher and higher tax breaks for moving.
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Re:Sam Altman Says OpenAI Will Leave the EU If There's Any R... by robertlagrant on Thursday May 25, 2023 @08:31AM (#36069933)
It's not a tactic. It's just reality. If all the expense of coping with regulation is too much, then it's not worth doing. It seems almost too facile for Sam Altmann to have said, but perhaps it's worth reminding people that regulatory compliance is an expensive business in and of itself, even if your product already fully complies.
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Re:Sam Altman Says OpenAI Will Leave the EU If There's Any R... by Tangurena2 on Thursday May 25, 2023 @10:13AM (#36070978)
The name for it is Boulwarism [0]. It is a "take it or leave it" attitude. You see it every day when presented with an "I agree" checkbox/button.

0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulwarism

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Re:Sam Altman Says OpenAI Will Leave the EU If There's Any R... by MichaelZuo on Thursday May 25, 2023 @12:43PM (#36072968)
I don't see the difference from normal pricing, it's take it or leave it in nearly all retail contexts nowadays.
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Re:Sam Altman Says OpenAI Will Leave the EU If There's Any R... by themitigating on Saturday May 27, 2023 @02:20AM (#36092492)
Businesses are not animals, it's immoral
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