Microsoft teams up with OpenAI to exclusively license GPT-3 language model (opens in new tab)

(blogs.microsoft.com)

77 pointszeusly5y ago10 comments

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How is this “exclusive” if the API remains available?

AJRF5y ago

It won't be on AWS or GCP. That's pretty important to businesses already using cloud and wanting to "add AI" to their product offerings.

hnryjmes5y ago

What's stopping Microsoft buying OpenAI like Google (Alphabet) bought DeepMind?

Aeronwen5y ago

Microsoft wouldn't make back the purchase price doing anything with OpenAI's IP that they can't do now.

pen2l5y ago

It would be a damn valuable acqui-hire though. I think the deepmind-acquisition comparison grandparent post makes is very apt.

marvin5y ago

OpenAI's board of directors, I'd say. Becoming a subsidiary to Microsoft compromises their mission.

hendler5y ago

Will there be an open source alternative?

Huggingface or an academic effort could also improve the efficiency of few/one shot learning, or simply a crowdsourced model build seems within reach.

I guess to run the model you need a large machine too.

pontifier5y ago

I dont trust them

dgellow5y ago

Don't trust them for what?

pontifier5y ago

I don't trust microsoft to act ethically with that power.

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SheinhardtWigCo5y ago

How is this “exclusive” if the API remains available?

AJRF5y ago

It won't be on AWS or GCP. That's pretty important to businesses already using cloud and wanting to "add AI" to their product offerings.

hnryjmes5y ago

What's stopping Microsoft buying OpenAI like Google (Alphabet) bought DeepMind?

Aeronwen5y ago

Microsoft wouldn't make back the purchase price doing anything with OpenAI's IP that they can't do now.

pen2l5y ago

It would be a damn valuable acqui-hire though. I think the deepmind-acquisition comparison grandparent post makes is very apt.

marvin5y ago

OpenAI's board of directors, I'd say. Becoming a subsidiary to Microsoft compromises their mission.

hendler5y ago

Will there be an open source alternative?

Huggingface or an academic effort could also improve the efficiency of few/one shot learning, or simply a crowdsourced model build seems within reach.

I guess to run the model you need a large machine too.

pontifier5y ago

I dont trust them

dgellow5y ago

Don't trust them for what?

pontifier5y ago

I don't trust microsoft to act ethically with that power.

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