Like if they don’t like OpenAI they can go to 10 other places that pay more and treat researchers better than MSFT
MSRA invented ResNet. MSFT also contributed DeepSpeed to the open source, which is critical in OSS LLM scene.
It is now more of just a branding thing. It will become the new cool again.
And OpenAI? After this week, how would the people view them? Definitely not envious or prestige.
Like if they don’t like OpenAI they can go to 10 other places that pay more and treat researchers better than MSFT