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>>skille+(OP)
If they join Sam Altman and Greg Brockman at Microsoft they will not need to start from scratch because Microsoft has full rights [1] to ChatGPT IP. They can just fork ChatGPT.

Also keep in mind that Microsoft hasn't actually given OpenAI $13 Billion because much of that is in the form of Azure credits.

So this could end up being the cheapest acquisition for Microsoft: They get a $90 Billion company for peanuts.

[1] https://stratechery.com/2023/openais-misalignment-and-micros...

>>breadw+17
Why does Microsoft have full rights to ChatGPT IP? Where did you get that from? Source?

>>Myster+x9
See here: https://stratechery.com/2023/openais-misalignment-and-micros...

>>breadw+Ee
The source for that (https://archive.ph/OONbb - WSJ), as far as I can understand, made no claim that MS owns IP to GPT, only that they have access to it's weights and code.

>>kolink+Ji
Exactly. The generalities, much less the details, of what MS actually got in the deal are not public.