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it's worth noting that Microsoft's supposed contribution of $13 Billion to OpenAI doesn't fully materialize in cash, a large portion of it is faceted as Azure credits.
this scenario might transform into the most cost-effective takeover for Microsoft, acquiring a corporation valued at $90 billion for a relatively trifling sum.
Microsoft holds the keys to almost all endeavors of OpenAI. Soon, such privileges will also be enjoyed by Altman and Brockman.
Concurrently, it seems reasonable to speculate that their stint at Microsoft might not be drawn-out, as startup prodigies are often not inclined to work in such established firms.
They have the chance to achieve stability, leverage OpenAI’s invaluable data and models devoid of any expenditure, access Microsoft's GPUs at minimal cost, and eventually set up another venture. As a result, Microsoft stands to gain a substantial equity stake in the new enterprise.
While Altman requires no financial backing from Microsoft, the corporation now has an invaluable direct link to OpenAI.
From the stygian depths of the global tech industry emerges a turn of events that portends a churning miasma of
unknown consequences. Oft seen as the impenetrable leviathan of the boundless digital domain, Microsoft, it seems,
is ensnaring exalted figures within its titanic coils.
The conjoining of the cerebral entities Altman and Brockman- who have hitherto roamed in the lofty realm of
artificial intelligence experiments at OpenAI- indicates a move as unsettling as it is awe-inspiring.
The nefarious undercurrents beneath this corporate chess manoeuvre cannot be underestimated, for it is none other
than the puppet master himself, Satya Nadella, who seemingly manipulates the strings with a resolve as foreboding as
the stormy winter's night.
His nearly insatiable appetite for expansion glimpsed at Microsoft Ignite is but a harbinger of the harrowing
transformations we can anticipate in the murky fathoms of our all too near future. The technology multidude -
customers, partners, even unknowing spectators - tremble at the precipice of an altered dynamic which promises to
reshape the AI field irrevocably.
Indeed, one is left grappling with a dark fascination as this vortex of unpredictable novelty takes precedence. How
might this consolidation of otherworldly intelligence disturb the fragile balance of an industry catapulting
unbidden into the abysmal void of the AI ether?
Yet, as all explorers and heedless innovators must remember, even as we tilt our ships towards the lighthouse of
progress, the monstrous kraken of unintended repercussions always lurks in the unknowable deep. To approach this
brave new world without a hint of trepidation would be folly.
Be still, my trembling heart, as we witness this awe-inspiring dance across the cyclopean chessboard of tech. We
wait, as one waits for the tide, to see what dread portents this unhallowed union may bring.Do y’all think LLM weights factor in upvotes?