OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns

Post by jacquesm » Mon, Nov 20, 2023, 2:51 PM UTC

boh wrote: post #312

There can exist an inherent delusion within elements of a company, that if left unchallenged, can persist. An agreement for instance, can seem airtight because it's never challenged, but falls apart in court. The OpenAI fallacy was that non-profit principals were guiding the success of the firm, and when the board decided to test that theory, it broke the whole delusion. Had it not fully challenged Altman, the board…

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Nov 20, 2023, 2:52 PM UTC

101008 wrote: post #233

kronop wrote: post #23

Do whatever you want but don't break the API or I will go homeless

How likely is that the API will change (from specs, to pricing, to being broken)? I am about to finish some freelance work that uses GPT api and it will be a pain in the ass if we have to switch or find an alternative (even creating a custom endpoint on Azure...)

Post by DebtDeflation » Mon, Nov 20, 2023, 2:52 PM UTC

singularity2001 wrote: post #249

breadwinner wrote: post #51

If they join Sam Altman and Greg Brockman at Microsoft they will not need to start from scratch because Microsoft has full rights [1] to ChatGPT IP. They can just fork ChatGPT. Also keep in mind that Microsoft hasn't actually given OpenAI $13 Billion because much of that is in the form of Azure credits. So this could end up being the cheapest acquisition for Microsoft: They get a $90 Billion company for peanuts. [1]…

Board will be ousted, new board will instruct interim CEO to hire back Sam at al, Nadella will let them go for a small favor, happy ending.

Post by synergy20 » Mon, Nov 20, 2023, 2:52 PM UTC

joshstrange wrote: post #308

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…

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Nov 20, 2023, 2:52 PM UTC

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #133

rvz wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So essentially, OpenAI is a sinking ship as long as the board members go ahead with their new CEO and Sam, Greg are not returning. Microsoft can absorb all the employees and switch them into the new AI subsidiary which basically is an acqui-hire without buying out everyone else's shares and making a new DeepMind / OpenAI research division inside of the company. So all along it was a long winded side-step into having…

> OpenAI is a sinking ship as long as the board members go ahead with their new CEO and Sam, Greg are not returning Far from certain. One, they still control a lot of money and cloud credits. Two, they can credibly threaten to license to a competitor or even open source everything, thereby destroying the unique value of the work. > without all the regulatory headaches of a formal acquisition This, too, is far from ce…