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Sam Altman is still trying to return as OpenAI CEO

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Post by jast »

rvz wrote: post #38

Given that Ilya switched sides now, it leaves with 3 BOD members that are at the helm. The one that is really overlooked in this case is the CEO of Quora, Adam D'Angelo, who has a competing interest with Poe and Quora that he sunk his own money into it which ChatGPT and GPTs makes his platform irrelevant. So why isn't anyone here talking about the conflict of interest with Adam D'Angelo as one of the board members wh…

Personally, this is the only thing so far that makes sense to me in the middle of all this mess. But who knows…

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Post by ayakang31415 »

judge2020 wrote: post #94
ayakang31415 wrote: post #81

Isn't Microsoft essentially acquiring OpenAI at almost zero cost? You have IP rights to OpenAI's work, and you will have almost all the brains from OpenAI, and there is no regulatory scrutiny like Activision acquisition.

All the WSJ article claimed was that MSFT had access to OpenAI code and weights. Chances are they don't actually have the right to fork GPT-X.

But you will have people who built the models and systems. It will take time, but replication will be done eventually and weights will be obtained through training easily.

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Post by TheCaptain4815 »

te_chris wrote: post #98
TheCaptain4815 wrote: post #74

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Why be a sexist dick about it? Is she not her own person with her own credentials? She can fail on her own terms just fine it seems.

What? The owner of Quora is even worse. Literally one of the worst sites on the web and he's on the board somehow.

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Post by StableAlkyne »

TerrifiedMouse wrote: post #88

Guess OpenAI that was actually open was dead the moment Altman took MS money and completely change the organization. People there got a taste of the money and the mission went out the window. A lesson to learn I guess, just because something claims to be a nonprofit with a mission doesn’t mean it is/always will be so. All it takes is a corporation with deep pockets to compromise a few important people*, indirectly gi…

I honestly wish Windows Phone had stuck around. I didn't particularly like the OS (too much like Win8), but it would at least be a viable alternative to the Apple-Google duopoly.

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Post by theamk »

TerrifiedMouse wrote: post #88

Guess OpenAI that was actually open was dead the moment Altman took MS money and completely change the organization. People there got a taste of the money and the mission went out the window. A lesson to learn I guess, just because something claims to be a nonprofit with a mission doesn’t mean it is/always will be so. All it takes is a corporation with deep pockets to compromise a few important people*, indirectly gi…

"few important people"? 95% of the company went with Altman. That's a popular vote if I have ever seen one..

Nokia was completely different, I doubt any of their regular employees supported Elop.

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Post by Davidzheng »

ianhawes wrote: post #27
shmatt wrote: post #2

A few things come to mind: * Emmett Shear should have put in a strong golden parachute in his contract, easy money if so * Yesterday we had Satya the genius forcing the board to quit. This morning it was Satya the genius who acquired OpenAI for $0. Im sure there will be more if sama goes back. So if sama goes back - lets hear it, why is Satya a genius?

Even if Sam @ MSFT was a massive bluff, Satya is in a win-win-win scenario. OpenAI can't exactly continue doing anything without Azure Compute. OpenAI implodes? Bought the talent for virtually nothing. OpenAI 2.0 succeeds? Cool, still invested. I think in reality, Sam @ MSFT is not an instant success. Even with the knowledge and know-how, this isn't just spinning up a new GPT-4-like model. At best, they're ~12 months…

Why do they need 12 months. Does it need 12 months of training
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