Microsoft eyes $10B bet on ChatGPT

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Post by minimaxir » Tue, Jan 10, 2023, 3:03 AM UTC

Microsoft eyes $10B bet on ChatGPT
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Post by verdenti » Tue, Jan 10, 2023, 3:57 AM UTC

I guess monetizing chatGPT should be simple, I would pay a monthly subscription for it in a heartbeat. Are there any competitors at this point that can match its performance? How hard would it be to replicate?

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Post by sparrc » Tue, Jan 10, 2023, 3:58 AM UTC

AWS and GCP execs must be kicking themselves wondering how this one got away. Azure appears to be years ahead in offering usable AI models to cloud customers.

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Post by buzzdenver » Tue, Jan 10, 2023, 4:00 AM UTC

sparrc wrote: post #3

AWS and GCP execs must be kicking themselves wondering how this one got away. Azure appears to be years ahead in offering usable AI models to cloud customers.

ChatGPT Caused 'Code Red' at Google: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/chatgpt-caus...

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Post by warning26 » Tue, Jan 10, 2023, 4:01 AM UTC

It’s really impressive watching OpenAI go from “no one can use this model because it’s too dangerous” to “everyone can use the model online but you can’t have the model because we’re selling it to Microsoft for billions of dollars.”

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Post by hgarg » Tue, Jan 10, 2023, 4:03 AM UTC

Everything in that article seems made up.

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Post by sslayer » Tue, Jan 10, 2023, 4:08 AM UTC

I predict ChatGPT is the next Self driving Tesla tech.

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Post by georgehill » Tue, Jan 10, 2023, 4:09 AM UTC

>After that threshold is reached, it would revert to a structure that reflects ownership of OpenAI, with Microsoft having a 49% stake, other investors taking another 49% and OpenAI’s nonprofit parent getting 2%.

I am not a legal person, I am just confused with the deal structure. So, the OpenAI core team will own only 2% of the company?

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Post by fnordpiglet » Tue, Jan 10, 2023, 4:09 AM UTC

hgarg wrote: post #6

Everything in that article seems made up.

Such as? I didn’t see anything that seemed unlikely to be true. I’m curious what makes your read so different but you left off any substantiating details.

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Post by fintechjock » Tue, Jan 10, 2023, 4:09 AM UTC

Correct me if I’m wrong, but this is a big bet on a company that just had their lunch eaten on another product by open source, no? Didn’t see much of Dall-E after Stable Diffusion release