Do they have no intention to make a product out of it? This is not something Microsoft would've done. They directly announced Copilot as a product from the get go instead of parading their tech.
If something is not reproducible nor public, the researchers could claim anything they want, as long as it somehow sounds plausible.
A researcher working in a corporation may have good reasons to exaggerate results or cover the defects:
- individual prestige (higher salary / better job)
- impact on company valuation
- potentially being able to claim a patent if someone else actually manage to implement the real deal
- etc
Academics on the other hand need to maintain strong relationships with industry to be in a position other than just chasing grant money (via publications). They need their paper to be accepted, or they’re in trouble. They certainly care about prestige and patents just as much as any corporate researcher.
Users and employees can swap places on case to case basis
Please explain.
It’s been slow going but I do think we will see a cultural shift towards releasing more products backed by research like this.