Details emerge of surprise board coup that ousted CEO Sam Altman at OpenAI

Post by CrazyStat » Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 5:30 PM UTC

CPLX wrote: post #6

martythemaniak wrote: post #5

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Could be many things, like Sam not informing them of the GPTs store launch, or saying he won't launch and then launching. It sucks for openAi, but there's too many hungry hungry competitors salivating at replacing OpenAI so I don't think this will have big king term consequences in the field. I'm curious what sorts of oversight and recourse all the investors (or are they donors?) Have. I imagine there's a lot of peop…

They don’t have investors, it’s a non profit. The “won’t anyone think of the needs of the elite wealthy investor class” that has run through the 11 threads on this topic is pretty baffling I have to admit.

Post by outside1234 » Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 5:31 PM UTC

ls612 wrote: post #9

What are the odds Sam can work the phones this weekend and have $10B lined up by Monday for a new AI company which will take all of the good talent from OpenAI?

Post by ketzo » Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 5:32 PM UTC

twelve40 wrote: post #11

kylecazar wrote: post #2

Here's what I don't understand. There clearly were tensions between the for and not-for growth factions, but the Dev Day is being cited as a 'last straw'. It was a product launch. Ilya, and the board, should have been well aware of what was being released on that day for months. They should have at the very least been privy to the plan, if not outright sanctioned it. Seems like before launch would have been the time…

they could have been beefing non-publicly for a long time, and might have had many private conversations, probably not very useful to speculate here

Post by staticman2 » Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 5:34 PM UTC

ls612 wrote: post #9

What are the odds Sam can work the phones this weekend and have $10B lined up by Monday for a new AI company which will take all of the good talent from OpenAI?

Post by googlethrwaway » Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 5:36 PM UTC

barbazoo wrote: post #4

passwordoops wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Ilya, and the board, should have been well aware of what was being released on that day for months Not necessarily, and that may speak to the part of the Board's announcement that Sam was not candid

I can’t imagine an organization where this wouldn’t have come up on some roadmap or prioritization meeting, etc. How could leadership not know what the org is working on?! They’re not that big.