• wewbull@feddit.uk
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    2 months ago

    Which tech titan does it take with it?

    My money is on Microsoft as owners of OpenAI, but most have sunk more into it than they should.

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      2 months ago

      I doubt anyone that big will fall, Microsoft have so many fingers in so many pies, they can afford to take a hit like this. Plus, with the Office suite of products, they’re probably in the best place to make something back, even if they don’t make all their money back.

    • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      Microsoft are bullet proof. Their share price will take a big hit, and an exec or two will take a golden parachute, but they’ll bounce back very quickly. The bigger problem is that along the way they’ll balance the capex with multiple rounds of cutbacks and layoffs in other departments, and that’s before they’re finally forced to layoff everyone actually connected to this AI nonsense (who isn’t a senior manager or c-suite; they’ll all be fine).