Articles by Evan Schuman

Technology

The revised Microsoft-OpenAI deal teases far more than it delivers

Vertus’ Prywata was even more blunt. He said the AGI definition is farcical. “It’s corporate theater. Who defines AGI? I know my definition likely won’t match theirs. I bet the team who left OpenAI for Anthropic likely have their own definition. Who picks the independent experts? What are their qualifications?” Prywata asked. “Zero details suggests they have no idea, otherwise they’d mention it. It’s like saying ‘we’ll know it when we see it,’ but with a committee. Turing test 2.0, I suppose. And who put them in charge to decide this for all of us?” Gualtieri added that his overall take is that this deal is unlikely to make much of a purchasing strategy change among enterprise IT executives. “I’m not awed by this and I don’t think tech leaders at the world’s largest enterprises will be either.”