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The U.S. government is losing trust in Microsoft (runtime.news)
39 points by tim_sw on April 5, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 14 comments


Stocks traded by members of Congress by number of shares:

#1 Microsoft: 98.01 million

Source https://www.fool.com/research/congressional-stock-trading-wh...


M$ stock is roughly equivalent to a pension plan.


'Losing' makes it sound like a recent change of heart.

Is this the same government that twenty years ago prosecuted Microsoft for breaching antitrust laws?

And less than a year ago hit up Microsoft for ~$30B worth of unpaid taxes?

EDIT: Add https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37702095 (Everything authenticated by Microsoft is tainted - 2023-09)


That's not the same kind of trust.


Related:

CISA Releases Report on Microsoft Online Exchange Incident from Summer 2023

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39922066

Scathing federal report rips Microsoft security in response to Chinese hack

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39914817


> The U.S. government is losing trust in Microsoft

ie... there is no honor among thieves


> ie... there is no honor among thieves

I would say that Microsoft forgot to index their bribes with the inflation level.


Should they have ever held any trust to begin with? No.


We are talking about money here, not about some idealistic situation.


Again?


tbh, if microsoft lands AGI, and I have a feeling, that somehow Microsoft might do whatever it can to get first dibs, assuming OpenAI gets to AGI first, at which point Microsoft could own the world, or galaxy...assuming no other intelligent species has AI yet... Microsoft already said that if openai failed tomorrow, nothing would change w/ their AI offerings because they have ALL the code, and I'm assuming Sam signed away his soul to get all the server usage they could want, which includes the rights to openai tech. I'm not a microsoft hater, I'm just saying from a govt standpoint - i'd be wary of any company that could get to AGI, because they can get to ASI too soon after, and from there, the term monopoly just goes out the window. If a program's purpose is to do everything and anything, no matter what it is... like, how can it exist in the market without also destroying everything else.

disclaimer, didn't read the article - just insight on why govt might be a little timid about Microsoft or any big AI players, at least the closer we get to AGI. I'm also not an AGI hater, in fact I can't wait (immortality tech next), just some conjecture...


Remember Microsoft doesn't get access to their AGI according to the terms. If they invent it.


The Chinese will totally 0wn M$ before it owns the world.


The CIA/NSA would like to have a word with you. /s




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