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Microsoft and OpenAI's close partnership shows signs of fraying

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321 points jhunter1016 | 1 comments | 18 Oct 24 11:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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mikeryan ◴[18 Oct 24 12:04 UTC] No.41878605[source]▶
While technical AI and LLMs are not something I’m well versed in. So as I sit on the sidelines and see the current proliferation of AI startups I’m starting to wonder where the moats are outside of access to raw computing power. Open AI seemed to have a massive lead in this space but that lead seems to be shrinking every day.
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browningstreet ◴[19 Oct 24 12:06 UTC] No.41887349[source]▶
OpenAI just raised a huge pile of money. I’m sure the most was a consideration during the funding raise. I’m guessing the issues between openAI and Ms are beyond just the moat and competitiveness’s.

Every OpenAI thread focuses on the moat, but surely that was baked into their business dealings of the last 60 days.

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1. appplication ◴[19 Oct 24 13:30 UTC] No.41887660[source]▶
> I’m sure the most was a consideration during the funding raise

Ha. Really though, the entirety of venture capital could be summarized as “this probably won’t pay out but if it does it’s gonna be epic”. I wouldn’t read too much into America’s thirstiest capitalists spending their discretionary billions on the latest hype cycle.