That's all well and good. I suspect their investors have a pretty different idea about their positioning tho.
> "we will attempt to directly build safe and beneficial AGI, but will also consider our mission fulfilled if our work aids others to achieve this outcome"
... has big "don't be evil" energy.
I believe the next step was "we can do little a evil, as a treat."
If MSFT doesn't make anything on this investment—which it still might, given that a big chunk of its investment will likely go into Azure—then…okay.