My opinion about this is that Google see it as a way to weaken OpenAI, and few other side benefits, including the option to acquire Anthropic.

And it may very well be bad news for OpenAI.

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sumedh 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> including the option to acquire Anthropic.

I have feeling that Dario is not the type of man who would want to be acquired and then have Google's CEO telling him what to do.

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siva7 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That boat has sailed off. Not even Google has the cash to buy a company valued at almost a trillion dollars.

	▲	stephc_int13 8 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Maybe, I think there is a lot of uncertainty about valuations of AI labs in the near to medium future. OpenAI crashing would be good news and bad news for Anthropic investors.
	▲	SJC_Hacker 8 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Valued at a trillion by basically, no one who would actually invest anywhere close to that
	▲	charcircuit 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		You don't have to buy companies with cash.

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com2kid 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It'd be funny if Google offered 750m in stock + cash just to see what happened... :D

The drama on HN alone would last for days. Twitter would implode in on itself.

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twobitshifter 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

OpenAI was created to counter the threat of Google controlling a possible AGI. What if we still end up in the same state in the end? Both Anthropic and OpenAI have abandoned any pretense of altruism at this point and find themselves overwhelmed bythe forces of capitalism.