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Earlier this week, I wrote about the economy of GPT-3, OpenAI’s massive language model. I discussed what it would take for the company to make the AI algorithm profitable and secure future funding for its artificial general intelligence research.

Based on what we know, OpenAI faces a great challenge breaking even on the costs of developing, training, and running its huge neural network, let alone turning it into a revenue-generating business.

But now there’s a new twist to the story. On Tuesday, Microsoft declared it would be exclusively licensing GPT-3 as part of its ongoing partnership with OpenAI. This can give a big boost to the AI research lab’s search for a viable business model.

It can also break it.

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