Berber jin / Wall Street Journal:
To secure vast computing for OpenAI, Sam Altman’s series of deals pits Silicon Valley giants against each other as they rush to profit, making OpenAI too big to fail.— The CEO’s negotiating blitz convinced Silicon Valley giants to tie their fate to his company, essentially making it too big to fail.
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