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0 pointspeteradio2y ago0 comments

You could say that if you "believed" you could build it from scratch. It doesn't mean they actually own the existing IP although rubes thinking about buying MSFT may think so.

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adastra222y ago

It appears they have an exclusive, irrevocable license to the existing IP. They have the GPT-4 weights, and the legal right to use them however they see fit. That's the deal with the devil OpenAI made.

dragonwriter2y ago

> It appears they have an exclusive, irrevocable license to the existing IP.

Appears from what? I've seen this stated several times, usually citing nothing and occasionally citing a Nadella statement from which it would be a very tenuous inference.

threeseed2y ago

It really derives from logic:

a) If it wasn't exclusive then we would have seen some other product besides Bing with this technology by now.

b) Satya has specifically stated that in the event of a breach in contract with OpenAI they have the ability to use the IP to continue development. That clearly indicates it is irrevocable.

adastra222y ago

Non-contradicted statements made multiple times by Microsoft both now and prior to this brouhaha.

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peteradioOP2y ago

Whoa GPT-4 weights! Stop the presses. That is an artifact of the process. They have license to play the game but don't have the IP to make the game.

adastra222y ago

According to non-contradicted statements from Satya, they have full, exclusive, irrevocable licenses to the IP.

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adastra222y ago

dragonwriter2y ago

> It appears they have an exclusive, irrevocable license to the existing IP.

Appears from what? I've seen this stated several times, usually citing nothing and occasionally citing a Nadella statement from which it would be a very tenuous inference.

threeseed2y ago

It really derives from logic:

a) If it wasn't exclusive then we would have seen some other product besides Bing with this technology by now.

b) Satya has specifically stated that in the event of a breach in contract with OpenAI they have the ability to use the IP to continue development. That clearly indicates it is irrevocable.

adastra222y ago

Non-contradicted statements made multiple times by Microsoft both now and prior to this brouhaha.

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peteradioOP2y ago

Whoa GPT-4 weights! Stop the presses. That is an artifact of the process. They have license to play the game but don't have the IP to make the game.

adastra222y ago

According to non-contradicted statements from Satya, they have full, exclusive, irrevocable licenses to the IP.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse