Satya Nadella's Statement on OpenAI(blogs.microsoft.com) |
Satya Nadella's Statement on OpenAI(blogs.microsoft.com) |
Microsoft was blindsided by OpenAI's ouster of CEO Sam Altman - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38312372
But on other other side of a hypothetical situation spectrum, it could also mean something like "Our agreement with OpenAI provides us with robust fallback access to Source Code, Training recipes and Model data in escrow should a particular trigger situation happen."
Ultimately, that amounts to the same thing you said anyway.
Microsoft lost more than $20b on Nokia, Skype, WinPhone and RT OS, and barely blinked.
But given the usual verbiage / pomp-and-circumstance (etc. etc.) on typical announcements, getting something so short and simple like this just feels weird.
It was definitely a shitty move on MS, and Satya being the CEO is right to express they're upset.
You could cut out:
> As you saw at Microsoft Ignite this week, we’re continuing to rapidly innovate for this era of AI, with over 100 announcements across the full tech stack from AI systems, models, and tools in Azure, to Copilot. Most importantly, we’re committed to delivering all of this to our customers while building for the future. [...] to deliver on our innovation agenda and an exciting product roadmap [...] Together, we will continue to deliver the meaningful benefits of this technology to the world.
And still keep the relevant info with just:
> We have a long-term agreement with OpenAI with full access to everything we need [...] and remain committed to our partnership, and to Mira and the team.