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Re:OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns by breadwinner on Monday November 20, 2023 @10:18PM (#38358642)
"But as a hedge against not having explicit control of OpenAI, Microsoft negotiated contracts that gave it rights to OpenAI’s intellectual property, copies of the source code for its key systems as well as the “weights” that guide the system’s results after it has been trained on data, according to three people familiar with the deal, who were not allowed to publicly discuss it."

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/20/technology/openai-microso...

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Re:OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns by himaraya on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @01:02AM (#38359943)
The nature of those rights to OpenAI's IP remains the sticking point. That paragraph largely seems to concern commercializing existing tech, which lines up with existing disclosures. I suspect Satya would come out and say Microsoft owns OpenAI's IP in perpetuity if they did.
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Re:OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns by breadwinner on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @10:08AM (#38364622)
> I suspect Satya would come out and say Microsoft owns OpenAI's IP in perpetuity if they did.

Why does he need to do that? He doesn't need to make any such public statement!

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Re:OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns by himaraya on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @10:54AM (#38365336)
To reassure investors? He just made the rounds on TV yesterday for this explicit reason. He told Kara Swisher Microsoft has the rights to innovate, not just serve the product, which sounds somewhat close.
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