There’s a significant possibility that the technology will not require enormous amounts of compute to train sooner than some might think. None of these companies want to spend money they don’t have to.

While a program is eligible for copyright, anything small enough to be considered a snippet likely wouldn’t be unless it is sufficiently expressive or original.

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That’s how they got the name

I agree. It’d obviously be the best experience for the customer if they could choose whichever store/launcher they want to buy on and not have to worry about having to pay more if they don’t shop around. Like the tea with price printed on the can so it’s consistent.