Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 年前Microsoft completes Activision Blizzard acquisition, Call of Duty now part of Xboxwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down10
arrow-up180arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft completes Activision Blizzard acquisition, Call of Duty now part of Xboxwww.theverge.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 年前message-square39fedilink
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 年前 They also use GitHub to hover up code and resell it as AI Microsoft’s not the only company doing this. Pretty much all code-focused AI models are based on Github data. Remember: embrace, expand, extinguish… This may have been common in the 90s, but I’m not sure it’s still relevant. Do you have any examples of Microsoft doing this in the past 10 years?
minus-squareChinzon@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 年前Regardless at the end of the day microsoft is a business. By that fact alone their decisions are dependent on what is best for the company. If and when this deviates from what is best for the consumers, we will learn to regret the acquisition
Microsoft’s not the only company doing this. Pretty much all code-focused AI models are based on Github data.
This may have been common in the 90s, but I’m not sure it’s still relevant. Do you have any examples of Microsoft doing this in the past 10 years?
Regardless at the end of the day microsoft is a business. By that fact alone their decisions are dependent on what is best for the company. If and when this deviates from what is best for the consumers, we will learn to regret the acquisition