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>>andsoi+(OP)
You can hear Microsoft’s billions going up in flames. You literally couldn’t make this stuff up.

>>JCM9+l
Actually this is going to be great for Microsoft.

By cutting its other revenue streams OpenAI has lost all of its leverage.

So now will shrink to being effectively an external dev team for Bing / Windows.

>>threes+M1
No, it will switch to being something like Micorsoft Cambridge. AKA only for R&D

>>eddiew+63
Very true. And to be fair Microsoft does have a great reputation for research.

It really is a massive change in direction and a lost opportunity to set their own course.