See here: https://stratechery.com/2023/openais-misalignment-and-micros...

The source for that (https://archive.ph/OONbb - WSJ), as far as I can understand, made no claim that MS owns IP to GPT, only that they have access to it's weights and code.

Yes, there is a big difference between having access to the weights and code and having a license to use them in different ways.

It seems obvious Microsoft has a license to use them in Microsoft's own products. Microsoft said so directly on Friday.

What is less obvious is if Microsoft has a license to use them in other ways. For example, can Microsoft provide those weights and code to third parties? Can they let others use them? In particular, can they clone the OpenAI API? I can see reasons for why that would not have been in the deal (it would risk a major revenue source for OpenAI) but also reasons why Microsoft might have insisted on it (because of situations just like the one happening now).

What is actually in the deal is not public as far as I know, so we can only speculate.

Well obviously MSFT can just ask ChapGPT to make a clone.

What are the chances that an investor owns 49% of a company but does not have rights to its IP? Especially when that investor is Microsoft?

Very reasonable? Microsoft doesn't control any part of the company and faces a high degree of regulatory scrutiny.

Isn't the situation that the company Microsoft has a stake in doesn't even own the IP? As I understand it, the non-profit owns the IP.

Exactly. The generalities, much less the details, of what MS actually got in the deal are not public.

Exactly. The generalities, much less the details, of the deal are not public.

You could make your own and charge for access if you feel you can do better. Make a show post when you are done and we'll comment.

I was going to, but then I discovered LibreChat existed a few weeks ago. I use it way more often than ChatGPT now, it's been quite stable for me.

https://github.com/danny-avila/LibreChat

That was a seriously dumb move on the part of OpenAI