Microsoft have backed out of their OpenAI board observer seat, and Apple will refuse a rumoured seat, both in response to antitrust threats from US regulators, per Reuters.
I don’t know how to parse this—I think it’s likely that the US regulators don’t care much about safety in this decision, and nor do I think it meaningfully changes Microsoft’s power over the firm. Apple’s rumoured seat was interesting, but unlikely to have any bearing either.
Lina Khan (head of the FTC) said she had P(doom)=15%, though I haven’t seen much evidence it has guided her actions, and she suggested this made her an optimist, suggesting maybe she hadn’t really thought about it.
Microsoft have backed out of their OpenAI board observer seat, and Apple will refuse a rumoured seat, both in response to antitrust threats from US regulators, per Reuters.
I don’t know how to parse this—I think it’s likely that the US regulators don’t care much about safety in this decision, and nor do I think it meaningfully changes Microsoft’s power over the firm. Apple’s rumoured seat was interesting, but unlikely to have any bearing either.
Lina Khan (head of the FTC) said she had P(doom)=15%, though I haven’t seen much evidence it has guided her actions, and she suggested this made her an optimist, suggesting maybe she hadn’t really thought about it.