I think the board must be thinking about how to get some independence from Microsoft, and there are not many entities who can counterbalance one of the biggest companies in the world. The government’s intelligence and defence industries are some of them (as are Google, Meta, Apple, etc). But that move would require secrecy, both to stop nationalistic race conditions, and by contract, and to avoid a backlash.
EDIT: I’m getting a few disagrees, would someone mind explaining why they disagree with these wild speculations?
One is the change to the charter to allow the company to work with the military.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39020778
I think the board must be thinking about how to get some independence from Microsoft, and there are not many entities who can counterbalance one of the biggest companies in the world. The government’s intelligence and defence industries are some of them (as are Google, Meta, Apple, etc). But that move would require secrecy, both to stop nationalistic race conditions, and by contract, and to avoid a backlash.
EDIT: I’m getting a few disagrees, would someone mind explaining why they disagree with these wild speculations?
They didn’t change their charter.
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/2Dg9t5HTqHXpZPBXP/ea-community-needs-mechanisms-to-avoid-deceptive-messaging
Thanks, I hadn’t seen that, I find it convincing.