And they still don’t know why he was fired? What the hey is going on?
How embarrassing must it be for both sides if no one is willing to go public?
If it were something illegal, they wouldn’t be holding back. Unless the board is somehow complicit by default.
Yeah when I heard this, and after I read the available information, I was like did they walk in on him f****** a dog in his office or something? Like the secrecy around his dismissal is so total. But then all these people he has so much support within the company. Very confusing
The boards job is to deliver shareholder value. Ergo, it may or may not be something illegal, all ypu can guarantee is that they think that revealing information might lose shareholder value.
Official statement is that Altman was not being “candid” with the board. The current best theory I’ve seen is that Altman is investing in AI hardware startups (he is, in fact) and likely planning on having OpenAI doing business with them. buying them, or merging with them in the future.
If OpenAI actually achieves their stated goal then any amount of money he demands will be worth it. They will basically be the company that controls the world, they will have so much money that they won’t actually even care how much money they have.
The board really needs to explain to the investors why he was fired, It is utterly ridiculous that they don’t know.
He may very well have been fired for a reasonable reason, but I’m not seeing it because why would you just fire someone out of the blue and then not release a statement if you’ve got reasonable cause? The only reason to act like they’ve got something to hide is because they do have something to hide.
Ars posted that there’s some evidence to suggest board wanted to chase profit over ethics or somesuch. Altman apparently did not listen.
You have that totally backwards.
The board (which is the board of the non-profit) wanted the company to be more focused on its mission and less profit-driven. Altman is the one that’s been letting Microsoft get its tendrils around OpenAI and push a narrative that everything must be closed off and profit focused.
A plague on all their houses. AI should benefit the people, not corporations or the effective altruism cult.
Where is the technology in this community? Its all just industry gossip and rage-bait articles.
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Always amusing when someone feels the need to insult me because they don’t like my opinion. Since reading comprehension isn’t your strength, apparently, allow me to explicate:
I wasn’t saying it broke a rule (and for that reason, I didn’t report it.) I was, rather, implying it’s a dumb rule and this community is basically nothing but gossip and rage-bait. And that’s fine, but I wish it didn’t sit on the c/Technology community but instead was called c/technews or something, so that the c/Technology could be about… technology. But fuck me for having preferences, I guess.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
OpenAI investors are pushing to bring back Sam Altman as CEO one day after he was ousted by the board, according to people familiar with the matter says CNBC.
Microsoft, Tiger Global and venture firm Thrive Capital are among several of OpenAI’s top backers that are part of an effort to reinstate Altman, said a source, who asked not to be named because discussions are confidential.
OpenAI’s announcement late Friday that the company was firing Altman and replacing him on an interim basis with technology chief Mira Murati sent shockwaves across Silicon Valley.
OpenAI has emerged as the hottest startup on the planet since launching its ChatGPT chatbot last year and spurring a rush of investment generative artificial intelligence market.
Microsoft, which has invested billions of dollars in OpenAI and has a close technology partnership with the company, was surprised by the announcement.
In addition to ousting Altman, the company removed Brockman, the chairman, from his board leadership position but said he would remain as president.
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I don’t give a single fuck of this stuff
