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Google has one major disadvantage - it's an old megacorporation, not a startup. OpenAI will be able to innovate faster. The best people want to work at OpenAI, not Google.


Also there’s less downside risk for OpenAI. Google has layers of approvals and risk committees because they don’t want to put the money machine at risk through litigation, reputation or regulation. OpenAI has nothing to lose—this is their only game. That allows them to toe the line of what’s acceptable like Uber in its early years. With all the copyright risk involved, that’s a big deal.




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