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Kylie Robison

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Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI arms race to build digital god

For us and for the listeners, I think that this is also really unclear to the people who are building it and investing in it. Because if you look at OpenAI's mission statement on their website, it has a big pink box that says, anything you invest should be considered a donation. So it is clear that investors were like, ah, phooey. It'll be fine.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI arms race to build digital god

For us and for the listeners, I think that this is also really unclear to the people who are building it and investing in it. Because if you look at OpenAI's mission statement on their website, it has a big pink box that says, anything you invest should be considered a donation. So it is clear that investors were like, ah, phooey. It'll be fine.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI arms race to build digital god

For us and for the listeners, I think that this is also really unclear to the people who are building it and investing in it. Because if you look at OpenAI's mission statement on their website, it has a big pink box that says, anything you invest should be considered a donation. So it is clear that investors were like, ah, phooey. It'll be fine.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI arms race to build digital god

And now they have to change from a nonprofit to a for-profit. because they're like actually i don't want to just donate i want some money back so that's where we're at and they're figuring it out we have to take another quick break we'll be right back

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI arms race to build digital god

And now they have to change from a nonprofit to a for-profit. because they're like actually i don't want to just donate i want some money back so that's where we're at and they're figuring it out we have to take another quick break we'll be right back

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI arms race to build digital god

And now they have to change from a nonprofit to a for-profit. because they're like actually i don't want to just donate i want some money back so that's where we're at and they're figuring it out we have to take another quick break we'll be right back

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI arms race to build digital god

So OpenAI needed money because Elon Musk was a co-founder of OpenAI and said, actually, I am not into this anymore. Bye. And he took all his money with him. And they really needed money. And Microsoft saved them. And now OpenAI is in an awkward position where they really need Microsoft to survive because that's who provides the bulk of their compute.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI arms race to build digital god

So OpenAI needed money because Elon Musk was a co-founder of OpenAI and said, actually, I am not into this anymore. Bye. And he took all his money with him. And they really needed money. And Microsoft saved them. And now OpenAI is in an awkward position where they really need Microsoft to survive because that's who provides the bulk of their compute.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI arms race to build digital god

So OpenAI needed money because Elon Musk was a co-founder of OpenAI and said, actually, I am not into this anymore. Bye. And he took all his money with him. And they really needed money. And Microsoft saved them. And now OpenAI is in an awkward position where they really need Microsoft to survive because that's who provides the bulk of their compute.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI arms race to build digital god

They have an exclusive cloud partnership with them. So now we have gotten to a point where, oh my gosh, Microsoft does not have enough compute. So they are not happy about that. Microsoft made one concession in this exclusive agreement to let them make a partnership with Oracle to get some more compute, which was rare. But yes. Altman was ousted last year.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI arms race to build digital god

They have an exclusive cloud partnership with them. So now we have gotten to a point where, oh my gosh, Microsoft does not have enough compute. So they are not happy about that. Microsoft made one concession in this exclusive agreement to let them make a partnership with Oracle to get some more compute, which was rare. But yes. Altman was ousted last year.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI arms race to build digital god

They have an exclusive cloud partnership with them. So now we have gotten to a point where, oh my gosh, Microsoft does not have enough compute. So they are not happy about that. Microsoft made one concession in this exclusive agreement to let them make a partnership with Oracle to get some more compute, which was rare. But yes. Altman was ousted last year.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI arms race to build digital god

And I think that really pissed off Satya. I think he was having a nice Thanksgiving break. And I think that he had to go on CNBC and defend OpenAI. And he's like, we are just too dependent on this company for the future, what I believe is the future of technology. So we've got to create a backup plan. And I think that's where Inflection comes in.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI arms race to build digital god

And I think that really pissed off Satya. I think he was having a nice Thanksgiving break. And I think that he had to go on CNBC and defend OpenAI. And he's like, we are just too dependent on this company for the future, what I believe is the future of technology. So we've got to create a backup plan. And I think that's where Inflection comes in.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI arms race to build digital god

And I think that really pissed off Satya. I think he was having a nice Thanksgiving break. And I think that he had to go on CNBC and defend OpenAI. And he's like, we are just too dependent on this company for the future, what I believe is the future of technology. So we've got to create a backup plan. And I think that's where Inflection comes in.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI arms race to build digital god

And that's what some of the New York Times article gets into. Mustafa Suleiman, who was the CEO of Inflection, is now the CEO of AI at Microsoft. I just think it's so messy. They both want to build the future and they both depend on each other.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI arms race to build digital god

And that's what some of the New York Times article gets into. Mustafa Suleiman, who was the CEO of Inflection, is now the CEO of AI at Microsoft. I just think it's so messy. They both want to build the future and they both depend on each other.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI arms race to build digital god

And that's what some of the New York Times article gets into. Mustafa Suleiman, who was the CEO of Inflection, is now the CEO of AI at Microsoft. I just think it's so messy. They both want to build the future and they both depend on each other.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI arms race to build digital god

They are completely dependent on these cloud companies, and they're realizing that. And they're trying to figure out how to be slightly less dependent. I mean, Sam Altman is apparently going around the world trying to pitch his own multi-trillion dollar chip startup so he can own this portion of his business. I think they're scared that they're so dependent on Microsoft.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI arms race to build digital god

They are completely dependent on these cloud companies, and they're realizing that. And they're trying to figure out how to be slightly less dependent. I mean, Sam Altman is apparently going around the world trying to pitch his own multi-trillion dollar chip startup so he can own this portion of his business. I think they're scared that they're so dependent on Microsoft.