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Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or GPT-4's quality has significantl... by geysersam on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @11:55AM (#36139810)
> I like to imagine certain billion/trillion-dollar mega corps had a back-room say regarding things that they would really prefer OpenAI's models not be able to emit.

What a weird conspiracy theory.

Why would Microsoft have anything against your pdf-parser?

More likely it just costs them insane amounts of money running their most capable models, and therefore they're "nerfing" them to reduce costs .

Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or GPT-4's quality has significantl... by vervez on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @11:57AM (#36139832)
github copilot won't pay for itself.
Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or GPT-4's quality has significantl... by geysersam on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @12:09PM (#36139998)
So the theory is: Microsoft nerfs GPT4, a product they (basically) own that people pay to access, so that people will stop using that service and pay for another Microsoft product instead?
Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or GPT-4's quality has significantl... by sebzim4500 on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @12:33PM (#36140315)
Especially when copilot is cheaper than gpt-4.