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Jensson on Nov 18, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI

> Google has a history of "ask for forgiveness not permission" when it comes to data mining.

For very profitable things. This isn't very profitable, which is why I added that part to my comment. Google has a very good understanding what they get sued for and how much those lawsuits costs, if it is profitable anyway they go ahead.

boh on Nov 18, 2023 [–]

After Open AI's proposed share sale it will likely be valued at $80-90 billion. That seems pretty profitable.

Jensson on Nov 18, 2023 | [–]

That doesn't come from ChatGPT though, that comes from expectation of much more products in the future and the possibility of them beating Google.

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