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>>aarond+(OP)
One "person familiar" is inappropriate sourcing for something so consequential. Not a good look for Axios.

>>Sheinh+T8
In journalist speak, that means "credible person I know who would get fired if I said their name."

It's probably literally an exec on the OpenAI/Microsoft partnership.

The alternative to "a person familiar" is us as readers never get this information at all.

>>broken+ca
I think a lot of people don't understand how anonymous sourcing works in jounalism.

>>robbyk+Wb
It's hard. I'm instinctively inclined to believe this story, but from first principles, why should I trust that Axios has adequately vetted this source? All I know about them is that lots of people in my circles send me their articles, I've never seen or conducted a review of their journalistic practices.

Obviously thinking about it this way would cause me to miss or disbelieve a lot of true stories, but it doesn't seem right to say I should trust every outlet I see widely posted either.