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Sanders: Government should break up OpenAI

(thehill.com)
46 points CharlesW | 2 comments | 01 Nov 25 19:40 UTC | HN request time: 0.489s | source
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meowface ◴[01 Nov 25 20:02 UTC] No.45784860[source]▶
Unpopular opinion here but I don't see any benefit in breaking up goliaths like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, OpenAI.

OpenAI (optically) came out of nowhere and took over everything in a few years. A future company also could. We should punish violation of regulations and the law when it occurs. We don't need to be interfering just because we feel a company is too good at being a company.

If OpenAI violated anything with the recent non-profit stuff, sue or charge them.

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crabmusket ◴[01 Nov 25 21:28 UTC] No.45785564[source]▶
> We should punish violation of regulations and the law when it occurs

The law includes regulations around competition and monopoly which companies frequently violate, and the consequences can sometimes be as severe as getting "broken up".

I don't think Bernie's on to anything here, but competition law is good actually.

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1. meowface ◴[02 Nov 25 02:17 UTC] No.45787354[source]▶
If a company is consistently abusing its status as a monopoly, punishment should ensue. But simply being a monopoly can mean you simply outcompeted everyone else and others fail to outcompete you. You might continue winning fair and square.
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2. crabmusket ◴[03 Nov 25 06:36 UTC] No.45796408[source]▶
What are, for you, some examples of companies winning a monopoly share of a market fair and square?