Altman Sought Billions for AI Chip Venture Before OpenAI Ouster

Re:Altman Sought Billions for AI Chip Venture Before OpenAI ... by edgyquant on Sunday November 19, 2023 @03:15PM (#38337344)

Yeah okay. People who, for some reason, simp for Sam Altman are expecting Microsoft to be their knight in shining armor who punishes the bad board for doing the right thing.

Microsoft isn’t going to do shit but throw a little hissy fit over their obvious power play (which they staked the future of their company and resurgence of their brand on) going south. They have no legal recourse and OpenAI has brand recognition and market enthusiasm to weather any shit storm MS tried to throw at them.

So no, if anything this is gonna bring attention to the Microsoft CEO from his own board wondering why exactly he put them in a position to look bad and lose shareholder value without actual ownership of this company.

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Re:Altman Sought Billions for AI Chip Venture Before OpenAI ... by chasd00 on Sunday November 19, 2023 @03:26PM (#38337458)

> throw a little hissy fit over their obvious power play

Time will tell. I think some people just remember the depths Microsoft has descended to in the past as SOP let alone in response to a group of ideologues putting their stock price at risk.

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Re:Altman Sought Billions for AI Chip Venture Before OpenAI ... by polygamous_bat on Sunday November 19, 2023 @03:34PM (#38337563)

Yes exactly, maybe I am cynical but I do not expect Microsoft to say “Ah I guess it is my fault and legally I can’t do much here” and give up. They did not get to where they are without dirty tactics.

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