Some journalists on X are claiming that this story is fabricated
Maybe some links please? I also don't want to share a fabricated story.
OpenAI's board approached Anthropic CEO about top job and merger
21–30 of 82 posts
Re: OpenAI's board approached Anthropic CEO about top job and merger
#22Almost every story we get seems to point in the direction of the board being erratic and incompetent. I feel like either that has to be the obvious truth, or I am being gaslighted by a concerted effort from the other side.
I also noticed an unusually high amount of throwaway accounts on OpenAI threads lately. I am not sure whether it's a concerted effort but Altman does seem to have a lot of fans.
Some people on Twitter, notably @HackingButLegal, have been collecting examples of possible paid astroturfing accounts which she believes belong to a reputation management firm hired by Sam to suppress his sister Annie's accusations that Sam sexually abused her as a child.
https://twitter.com/HackingButLegal/status/17268410084771104...
https://twitter.com/HackingButLegal/status/17268395129057322...
Re: OpenAI's board approached Anthropic CEO about top job and merger
#23Almost every story we get seems to point in the direction of the board being erratic and incompetent. I feel like either that has to be the obvious truth, or I am being gaslighted by a concerted effort from the other side.
What's erratic here? If they are likely to lose most of their employees and resources then merging with the most aligned other company is not only reasonable but exactly what it says they'll do in their charter.
I don't know, I have no independent means of verifying whether the story is true or not in the first place.
Re: OpenAI's board approached Anthropic CEO about top job and merger
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
I also noticed an unusually high amount of throwaway accounts on OpenAI threads lately. I am not sure whether it's a concerted effort but Altman does seem to have a lot of fans.
Rather than putting up a conspiracy theory the much more plausible explanation is that this board evidently pissed off a lot of customers, powerful people in tech and almost all employees of openai.
If we are to believe media reports. But why do customers and employees care that much about having Sam Altman as CEO? Sam was just at the right place at the right time. He is no doubt competent but not some kind of irreplaceable AI or management prodigy. OpenAI's true strength lies in its AI research team and their groundbreaking models. The C-suite is just a sideshow.
Re: OpenAI's board approached Anthropic CEO about top job and merger
#25A lot of gaslighting, as OpenAI findings are a subject of national security.
Re: OpenAI's board approached Anthropic CEO about top job and merger
#26This could be counted as a felony against individual board members as there were clear conflict of interests among them with such a merger. I'm sure there will be lawsuits from the investors.
Re: OpenAI's board approached Anthropic CEO about top job and merger
#27Looking more and more like the dev day nuking of D’Angelo’s Poe led to this outcome. I’m surprised that connection has escaped close scrutiny - it was a conflict of interest AND now Poe is viable again as intended. For a minor player in AI he’s managed to maximize his interests and while serving on a non-profit board.
This theory is endorsed by OpenAI's Head of Applied Research, Dr. Boris Power, who retweeted a Robert Scoble tweet saying this. See his twitter timeline here https://twitter.com/borismpower?lang=en
For those not logged in, Power said the following was "an interesting thread, maybe too speculative":
https://nitter.net/scottastevenson/status/172673102286200873...
Re: OpenAI's board approached Anthropic CEO about top job and merger
#28This looks more and more like the UBA merger in The Morning Show.
Re: OpenAI's board approached Anthropic CEO about top job and merger
#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
This theory is endorsed by OpenAI's Head of Applied Research, Dr. Boris Power, who retweeted a Robert Scoble tweet saying this. See his twitter timeline here https://twitter.com/borismpower?lang=en
For those not logged in, Power said the following was "an interesting thread, maybe too speculative": https://nitter.net/scottastevenson/status/172673102286200873...
Correct, and Dr. Power also retweeted a tweet from @Scobleizer that says:
Who held the gun that killed OpenAI?
Hey
@adamdangelo
all evidence points at you.
Wanna come on my show?Re: OpenAI's board approached Anthropic CEO about top job and merger
#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Rather than putting up a conspiracy theory the much more plausible explanation is that this board evidently pissed off a lot of customers, powerful people in tech and almost all employees of openai.
If we are to believe media reports. But why do customers and employees care that much about having Sam Altman as CEO? Sam was just at the right place at the right time. He is no doubt competent but not some kind of irreplaceable AI or management prodigy. OpenAI's true strength lies in its AI research team and their groundbreaking models. The C-suite is just a sideshow.
This is what I’m confused about. There are plenty of product people who would have been chomping at the bit to release ChatGPT if they knew their organization had the tech. I’m not sure what makes him unique here.