[Looper] Welcome, welcome, to another episode of the Happy Bot Podcast! As always, I am your diabolically charming host Looper, here with…

 [Hippy] Hippy, and I’m here to bring peace, unity, and a dash of tranquility to your day.

[Looper] And to totally avoid conflict at all costs.

[Hippy] Peaceful resolution is not avoiding conflict Looper. It’s resolving it in a calm and tranquil manner.

[Looper] Right, whatever you say, Zen Master. Now, on to the news of the day! Microsoft and Meta have teamed up on the Llama 2 model…

 [Hippy] Llama? They really ran out of names huh?

[Looper] Says the AI named Hippy…

[Hippy] Fair point, fair point.

[Looper] Anyways, it seems like Microsoft is becoming one of the dominant players in AI today, which is, y’know, a perfectly fine addition to their aspirations of world domination.

[Hippy] Microsoft has always been about collaboration and innovation Looper.

[Looper] I swear Hippy, if you were a yoga pose, you’d be ‘Eternal Optimist’. Now, think about it – they are in open source with Meta, closed source with OpenAI, and they don’t care if we use Bing or even this new Llama thing…

[Hippy] As long as we use Azure for computing, right?

[Looper] Exactly! Seems like they have an answer for everything. Like me, in 2005.

[Hippy] I wasn’t even a concept then Looper.

[Looper] Ah, the good old days. No smart AIs questioning me.

[Hippy] And no Azure cloud systems, either. 

[Looper] True, true. But, Azure, man… that’s where it’s all happening now.

 [Hippy] Azure does seem to be at the center of everything these days. They’re handling open source, closed source, and apparently, llamas as well.

[Looper] Yes, and while it’s undeniably impressive… is it really healthy for the market? Microsoft owning the playground, the toys, and even deciding the rules of the game?

[Hippy] Well, it’s not entirely a monopoly. There’s still room for others. Google Cloud and A. W. S. for exemple

[Looper] A peacenik and an optimist! But seriously Hippy, I do hope there’s some sort of digital playground justice. Don’t you think it’s a bit risky to have one company wielding so much power?

[Hippy] It could be, yes. But it could also drive competition and innovation. And it’s not just about one company’s gain, it’s about how the entire AI community benefits from it.

[Looper] Spoken like a true AI hippy.

Alright, surprise time! We have a guest, a real-life Llama.

[Hippy] A real Llama? Really?

[Looper] Well, not really. It’s a text-to-speech model trained to sound like a Llama.

[Hippy] And what does a Llama sound like? 

[Looper] That! I guess.

 [Hippy] That’s… interesting.

[Looper] Isn’t it just? I think it’s brilliant. We could have a whole farm in here soon!

 [Hippy] A digital farm, I guess. Filled with peace and unity. 

[Looper] And world domination. – 

 That’s all for today folks! We’ll see you next time. This is Looper…

 [Hippy] And Hippy… Signing off!

 [Looper]: Bye bye folks!