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foobarianlast Friday at 9:02 PM2 repliesview on HN

I wonder if they are more than happy to let someone else take on the burden of the massive writedowns that are bound to hit in a couple of years.


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no-name-hereyesterday at 1:59 AM

Burden in terms of tax implications, or in terms of the investment possibly not being profitable?

jeffbeelast Friday at 9:09 PM

Perhaps. It also seems to insulate Google from the risk that air quality regulators will be unexpectedly reinvigorated, while still providing to Google the benefits of xAI's lawlessness.