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		svantana on April 21, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google DeepMind Hindsight is 20/20. Before ChatGPT, chatbots had a lousy track record. Pretty much any such project run by bigtech had been cancelled due to PR issues ("Tay" etc).

htrp on April 21, 2023 [–]

MSFT got their fingers burned on Tay but were still willing to do a chatbot.

Google didn't even bother despite having all the tech in place.

and i can't believe I'm saying this but it seems microsoft has the ability to at least deliver innovation.

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