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OpenAI Execs Mass Quit as Company Removes Control From Non-Profit Board and Hands It to Sam Altman(futurism.com)

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JustARaccoon@lemmy.world
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I’m confused, how can a company that’s gained numerous advantages from being non-profit just switch to a for-profit model? Weren’t a lot of the advantages (like access to data and scraping) given with the stipulation that it’s for a non-profit? This sounds like it should be illegal to my brain

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gencha@lemm.ee
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These people claimed their product can pass the bar exam (it was a lie). Tells you how they feel about the legal system

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FatCrab@lemmy.one
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Their non-profit status had nothing to do with the legality of their training data acquisition methods. Some of it was still legal and some of it was still illegal (torrenting a bunch of books off a piracy site).

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JustARaccoon@lemmy.world
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Well maybe not on paper but they did leverage it a lot when questioned

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ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml
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I’m confused, how can a company that’s gained numerous advantages from being non-profit just switch to a for-profit model

Money

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berno@lemmy.world
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Careful you’re making too much sense here and overlapping with Elmo’s view on the subject

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Furbag@lemmy.world
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A stopped clock is still correct twice a day.

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Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz
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And OpenAI is still less correct than a broken clock.

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Subverb@lemmy.world
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Guess I’m out of the loop. Who’s Elmo?

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futatorius@lemm.ee
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Leon.

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dan@upvote.au
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Elongated Muskrat

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berno@lemmy.world
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Musk

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floofloof@lemmy.caOP
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USA tho

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TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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Money doesn’t have any advantages in other countries? When did that happen?

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floofloof@lemmy.caOP
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I don’t see where I said that.

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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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Can’t do crimes if you’re rich. It’s in the Constitution

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108@lemmy.world
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Money and purchasing the right people.

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