Probably something related to security, cyber or national.
OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman
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#552The same guy who leaked the Gobi name and some OpenAI release dates called this a month in advance:
> There’s been a vibe change at openai and we risk losing some key ride or die openai employees.
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#553Pure speculation warning. Piping all data submitted to OpenAI straight to his buddy's Palantir would definitely not support the mission to "benefit all of humanity".
That’s the most sensible suggestion. Sam’s Twitter one-emoji bio is uncharacteristically brief, and points at an ongoing conflict. Eric Schmidt would know about it, and defend Sam. The foreigners CxO would likely be kept in the dark.
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#554- Cant be a personal scandal, press release would be worded much more differently - Board is mostly independent and those independent dont have equity - They talk about not being candid - this is legalese for “lying” The only major thing that could warrant something like this is Sam going behind the boards back to make a decision (or make progress on a decision) that is misaligned with the Charter. Thats the only fir…
Tbh surprised some of the personal stuff hasn't come to light. Nothing horrendous, but enough to push him out of any CEO role.
Like what?
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#555I'm going to throw the theory out there that Sam leaked/sold the full GPT models to Microsoft (or another competitor). A lot of other theories don't match because the board was in an extreme hurry to get him out (voting him out in the middle of the night, not even waiting for markets to close to announce it), must have proof of serious misconduct and the need to immediately distance themselves from Sam (otherwise the…
It might be a Chinese company. Pure speculation but considering APEC...
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#558Open question, why aren't the details disclosed immediately?
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#559Extremely shocking. The only thing that comes to mind is criminal conduct. Nothing else seems to demand a sudden firing. OpenAI has clearly been the rocket ship startup - a revolutionary tool and product clearly driving the next decade?+ of innovation. What else would demand a a fast firing of the popular, articulate, and photogenic CEO but a terrible problem?
Military collaboration, possibly secret (CIA/Palantir/Mossad/etc.)
You wouldn’t say what (gag order all around), but you would need to revoke all access immediately. Explains why foreigners CxO were left in the dark. Explains why Eric Schmidt knew to defend Sam immediately.
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#560It doesn't have to be that he was actually caught in a scandal. It could be that the board was investigating some serious accusation, and he was not cooperative and forthright, which they might have no patience for. I invented a saying to describe this common occurrence: "Sometimes the cover-up is worse than the crime."
It could have been a military contract with a gag order: Sam wasn’t forthright because he couldn’t.