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Re:Microsoft Hires Former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman by Barrin92 on Monday November 20, 2023 @04:02AM (#38345120)
>They won’t be able to accomplish their mission without external funding

The 10 billion in compute will get them reasonably far (and I don't see how Microsoft legally gets out of this, unless it said "you can't fire sam" in the contract).

That said I also wouldn't be surprised if Elon[1] jumps back into the fray somehow given how close he is to Ilya and that the change towards commercialization was what put him off openAI.

[1]https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1726376406785925566?s=20

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Re:Microsoft Hires Former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman by ffgjgf1 on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @06:01AM (#38362058)
Isn’t the 10 billion transferred in stages and tied to OpenAI meeting some predefined obligations?

If so they’ll probably struggle meeting any obligations with no employees.

> change towards commercialization was what put him off openAI.

Right… you’re talking about Musk here?

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