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Microsoft has the models and the weights and hosts them on their own servers on Azure. How would OpenAI "turn the switch?"


"Hey, any IP lawyers want to sue Microsoft for stealing our IP?"


It's not theft, Microsoft has a license to use them! OpenAI can't turn off the machines, can't turn off hardware access to the models or weights, and can't turn off the license either. They can sue, but they'd most likely lose, and go out of business beforehand anyway.


And immediately turn off access to Azure. I hope they have FDE, but it doesn't matter anyway because Microsoft can read the RAM.




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