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It is actually less SAD than SAFe
This is news, because Microsoft seems happy to not be tied to OpenAI so heavily.
This could also safe a huge amount of money for their Office 365 Copilot initiative.
I figure Microsoft started analyzing these models ASAP in their labs to catch up with OpenAI, Google, Anthropic etc.
By also hosting this model, they will help normalize the use of them from which they immensely benefit.
> "Write a thank you note that sounds sincere to that ahole" > "Some deep musing on the meaning of life tied to b2c marketing for a LinkedIn post"
When you focus back on the tab with ChatGPT after a few minutes, then this event is probably used to wipe the conversation, because you can see the page getting cleared when you want to continue.
Before this issue it, was possible to have a conversation open and stable for 6 hours (already not ideal).
This new behavior hinders usage like solving software development or system admin issues. This also affect users with the Plus subscription that might want to use ChatGPT in a professional context and can't offer company data to be used in OpenAI models.
It is not clear if it is an honest mistake or a newly introduced limitation to nudge people into sharing more data.
The problems started with Windows 7 when at some points the updates became obfuscated and mandatory to push "telemetry" aka data snooping. Before that phoning home was considered spyware and a sin.
So I asked myself the question; can Enphase hardware run without interaction with the Enphase company. Someone in their forum already asked this question:
https://support.enphase.com/s/question/0D53m00008IDVYmCAP/ca...
Looks like independent usage of the hardware is no longer the case because of a mandatory firmware update and people are "unimpressed":
https://support.enphase.com/s/question/0D53m00006ySLuRCAW/un...
What I understand is that people are forced now to periodically get a token with limited lifespan from the Enphase website to access the API of their hardware in stead of open local access. This seems to upset people with 20.000$ setups.
I am curious if I am reading this correctly, because this looks a bit like a "Bait and Switch" in the legal sense (not a lawyer btw) if this is true. It seems that Enphase removed a well known and coveted feature (independent local api connectivity) after the sale for the benefit of themselves. I am wondering if people have experience with this hardware and the situation, because I might be wrong and don't want to wrongfully suggest an issue. Hardware looks nice, but if this is true and does not get reverted, it would be a deal breaker for me.