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Microsoft’s OpenAI partnership was born from Google envy (www.engadget.com)
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[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

I bet greed had much more impact than envy. Capitalims is, in a nutshell, gluttony applied to everything it can touch, and companies lust to make ever greater amounts of money or face the wrath of their shareholders. Innovation is hard, so copying your proud rivais is the easiest way (sloth, anyone?) to accomplish that...