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Microsoft to Stop Sharing Revenue with Main AI Partner OpenAI
48 points by helsinkiandrew 2 hours ago | 8 comments
chasd00 2 minutes ago
This gives OpenAI the ability to goto AWS instead of exclusively on Azure. I guess Azure really is hanging on by a thread.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47616242

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sourraspberry 11 minutes ago
The disparity in coverage on this new deal is fascinating. It feels like the narrative a particular outlet is going with depends entirely on which side leaked to them first.
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helsinkiandrew 2 hours ago
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aurareturn 2 hours ago

  Microsoft Corp. will no longer pay revenue to OpenAI and said its partnership with the leading artificial intelligence firm will not be exclusive going forward.
What does this mean that Microsoft will no longer pay revenue to OpenAI? How did the original deal work?
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Handy-Man 54 minutes ago
They were paying them 20% of the revenue from the hosted OpenAI products I believe?
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bilbo0s 25 minutes ago
Does this mean they will host OpenAI products but not pay them? Or does it mean they are paying them in some other way?
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HarHarVeryFunny 16 seconds ago
It seems that the old deal was exclusivity to MSFT with revenue share, and now no exclusivity, no revenue share.

Bear in mind that MSFT have rights to OpenAI IP (as well as owning ~30% of them). The only reason they were giving revenue share was in return for exclusivity.

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Handy-Man 10 minutes ago
I suppose continue to host until the 2030/32 that they have access to but not share revenues when they use those models for their products like the bazillions of Copilots.
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helsinkiandrew 2 hours ago
OpenAI post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47921262

Tried to delete this submission in place of it but too late.

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ath3nd 29 minutes ago
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