The U.S. government is losing trust in Microsoft

M$ stock is roughly equivalent to a pension plan.

That's not the same kind of trust.

> ie... there is no honor among thieves

I would say that Microsoft forgot to index their bribes with the inflation level.

We are talking about money here, not about some idealistic situation.

tbh, if microsoft lands AGI, and I have a feeling, that somehow Microsoft might do whatever it can to get first dibs, assuming OpenAI gets to AGI first, at which point Microsoft could own the world, or galaxy...assuming no other intelligent species has AI yet... Microsoft already said that if openai failed tomorrow, nothing would change w/ their AI offerings because they have ALL the code, and I'm assuming Sam signed away his soul to get all the server usage they could want, which includes the rights to openai tech. I'm not a microsoft hater, I'm just saying from a govt standpoint - i'd be wary of any company that could get to AGI, because they can get to ASI too soon after, and from there, the term monopoly just goes out the window. If a program's purpose is to do everything and anything, no matter what it is... like, how can it exist in the market without also destroying everything else.

disclaimer, didn't read the article - just insight on why govt might be a little timid about Microsoft or any big AI players, at least the closer we get to AGI. I'm also not an AGI hater, in fact I can't wait (immortality tech next), just some conjecture...