Re:OpenAI employees did not want to go work for Microsoft
by a_wild_dandan on Thursday December 07, 2023 @08:41PM
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Huh, I've heard several people refer to Microsoft as a "retirement home." Maybe that's just an ageism thing.
Re:OpenAI employees did not want to go work for Microsoft
by hughesjj on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @05:11PM
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I've heard the same about Google. It's definitely not untrue at MSFT today either.
My hot take is that 2018 Google was late 90s MSFT more or less (juggernaut resting on their laurels and cashing in on their monopoly). Today, they're more like mid 2000s MSFT. Here's hoping 'tomorrow' they'll have a similar comeback.
Re:OpenAI employees did not want to go work for Microsoft
by VirusNewbie on Friday December 08, 2023 @02:06AM
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Do you think Microsoft would have a competitive foundational model if not for OpenAI? Cause Google and Meta seem like they’re top of the pack there, with AWS at the very least releasing some.
Re:OpenAI employees did not want to go work for Microsoft
by vitorgrs on Monday December 11, 2023 @08:52PM
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Microsoft already had competitive models, especially Megatron-Turing. They were even using on Bing Chat before...
I'm pretty sure they still use their model on Bing Chat today (Balanced mode).
It was a competitive model for the time, it was made in 2021 if I recall in cooperation with Nvidia. The largest model at the time (and still remains one of the largest models ever made).
https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/using-deepspeed-and-megatr...
The thing here is that OpenAI managed to create GPT4 - that no one matched yet.
Re:OpenAI employees did not want to go work for Microsoft
by hughesjj on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @05:08PM
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Yup, I took remember taydolf swiftler from way back when. Hey even if it didn't pan out, it still shows they'vd been trying and innovating for a while
Similar for Cortana.
Now, I don't like any of those products, but, still, effort is seen.
Idk where Microsoft would fit in that hierarchy, like Amazon it's kind of hit or miss but with less variance and extrema. From what I've seen and heard, both Gaming and Azure are pretty darn competent these days from an engineering and product perspective. Not perfect of course, but nothing is.