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But then, I would expect MS to have done their due diligence.
So, basically, I guess I’m just interested to know what were the reasons why the board decided to oust their CEO out of the blue on a Friday evening.
Well I give up. I think everyone is a "loser" in the current situation. With Ilya signing this I have literally no clue what to believe anymore. I was willing to give the board the benefit of the doubt since I figured non-profit > profit in terms of standing on principal but this timeline is so screwy I'm done. Ilya votes for and stands behind decision to remove Altman, Altman goes to MS, other employees want him bac…
It's almost like a ChatGPT hallucination. Where will this all go next? It seems like HN is melting down.
Microsoft just won the jackpot, time to get some stocks there.
Ilya signed it??? He's on the board... This whole thing is such an implosion of ambition.
The whole thing starts to look like a coup orchestrated by Microsoft
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The signatories want Bret Taylor and Will Hurd running the new Board, apparently. > We will take this step imminently, unless all current board members resign, and the board appoints two new lead independent directors, such as Bret Taylor and Will Hurd, and reinstates Sam Altman and Greg Brockman.
Googling Will Hurd only shows up a Republican politician with a history at the CIA. Is that the right guy? Can't be.
Sam already signed up with Microsoft. A move that surprised me, I figured he would just create OpenAI². Joining a corporate behemoth like Microsoft and all the complications it brings with it will mean a massive reduction in the freedom and innovation that Sam is used to from OpenAI (prior to this mess). Or is Microsoft saying: Here is OpenAI², a Microsoft subsidiary created juste for you guys. You can run it and do…