Altman out at OpenAI
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@jon-nyc 555
Kind of like when the guys first started Yahoo, and did everything manual.
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Comeback?
https://www.wsj.com/tech/openai-trying-to-get-sam-altman-back-4b728049
Altman is thinking about returning but has told investors that if he does return, he wants a new board and governance structure, people familiar with the matter said. He has separately discussed starting a company that would bring on former OpenAI employees, including several who quit in protest over his ouster.
Altman is expected to decide between the two options as soon as this weekend, the people said. Leading shareholders in OpenAI, including
Microsoft
and the venture firm Thrive Capital, are helping orchestrate the efforts to reinstate Altman. Microsoft invested $13 billion in OpenAI and is its primary financial backer. Thrive Capital is the second-largest shareholder in the company.Other investors in the company are supportive of these efforts.
As the uncertainty persisted, OpenAI employees, including interim CEO Mira Murati, showed support for Altman, reposting his “i love the openai team so much” post on the X social platform with heart emojis.
The talks come as the company was thrown into chaos after OpenAI’s board abruptly decided to part ways with Altman, citing his alleged lack of candor in communications, and demoted its president and co-founder, Greg Brockman, leading him to quit.
A spate of high-level researchers resigned, some of OpenAI’s corporate customers are looking for alternatives, and a high-stakes financing with venture capitalists is now in jeopardy, people familiar with the matter said.
The exact reason for Altman’s firing couldn’t be determined. But for weeks, tensions had boiled around the rapid expansion of OpenAI’s commercial offerings, which some board members felt violated the company’s initial charter to develop safe AI.
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It sounds like there is an actually interesting story here that everybody familiar with it, is being careful not to tell.
@Horace said in Altman out at OpenAI:
It sounds like there is an actually interesting story here that everybody familiar with it, is being careful not to tell.
Complaining about lack of candor whilst simultaneously not telling anybody the actual story.
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Comeback?
https://www.wsj.com/tech/openai-trying-to-get-sam-altman-back-4b728049
Altman is thinking about returning but has told investors that if he does return, he wants a new board and governance structure, people familiar with the matter said. He has separately discussed starting a company that would bring on former OpenAI employees, including several who quit in protest over his ouster.
Altman is expected to decide between the two options as soon as this weekend, the people said. Leading shareholders in OpenAI, including
Microsoft
and the venture firm Thrive Capital, are helping orchestrate the efforts to reinstate Altman. Microsoft invested $13 billion in OpenAI and is its primary financial backer. Thrive Capital is the second-largest shareholder in the company.Other investors in the company are supportive of these efforts.
As the uncertainty persisted, OpenAI employees, including interim CEO Mira Murati, showed support for Altman, reposting his “i love the openai team so much” post on the X social platform with heart emojis.
The talks come as the company was thrown into chaos after OpenAI’s board abruptly decided to part ways with Altman, citing his alleged lack of candor in communications, and demoted its president and co-founder, Greg Brockman, leading him to quit.
A spate of high-level researchers resigned, some of OpenAI’s corporate customers are looking for alternatives, and a high-stakes financing with venture capitalists is now in jeopardy, people familiar with the matter said.
The exact reason for Altman’s firing couldn’t be determined. But for weeks, tensions had boiled around the rapid expansion of OpenAI’s commercial offerings, which some board members felt violated the company’s initial charter to develop safe AI.
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@jon-nyc said in Altman out at OpenAI:
@George-K said in Altman out at OpenAI:
Comeback?
Did you see the meme before your post?
Yes, but I thought it was more like, "Oh, he's gone. Let's just let AI make another one."
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@jon-nyc said in Altman out at OpenAI:
Dead link, George.
I see that. Here's where it was:
Here's the archived version:
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https://www.wsj.com/tech/openai-says-sam-altman-to-return-as-ceo-766349a5?mod=djem10point
OpenAI said Sam Altman will return as chief executive of the artificial-intelligence startup that he co-founded, ending a dramatic five-day standoff between him and the board that fired him.
OpenAI said the parties were “collaborating to figure out the details.” The company announced the formation of a new initial board that won’t include three of the four board members involved in removing Altman.
The new board will include Bret Taylor, the former co-CEO of Salesforce; Larry Summers, the former Treasury secretary; and Adam D’Angelo, the only member of OpenAI’s previous board to remain. Taylor will be the chairman, the company said. Altman won’t be on the initial board.
The previous board and Altman’s camp also agreed to conduct an independent investigation into his conduct, the decision to oust him last week and its aftermath, a person familiar with the matter said.
The new board is expected to add as many as six additional members, the person said, in addition to continuing its duties.
