Re:OpenAI shows 'Strawberry' to feds, races to launch it
by TacticalCoder on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @06:24AM
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"They showed it to the feds" means "Competition has more than caught up and is beating us, so we'll now sell to the most clueless buyer: one that has unlimited budget".
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Re:OpenAI shows 'Strawberry' to feds, races to launch it
by trashtester on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @06:58AM
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When General Paul M. Nakasone, who until just recently was near the top of the chain for Cyber Command in the US Armed Forces, joined the OpenAI board, it could be seen in multiple ways.
My take is that this wasn't something OpenAI did as a PR stunt, but rather that the military started seeing this tech as being critical to national security, and basically forced OpenAI to take him on the board.
That's not necessarily good for stock prices. If AI beyond some capability are labelled as strategic military assets, then the Nvidia export restrictions may end up a pale foreshadowing of what AI companies could be facing soon.
Re:OpenAI shows 'Strawberry' to feds, races to launch it
by hgwallc on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @07:02AM
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Compare to the Microsoft HoloLens project, which peddles VR goggles to the U.S. Army:
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/31/microsoft-wins-contract-to-m...
I am sure it will be a raging success among the troops on the ground.