Sama: I love the OpenAI team so much

> Update, 5:35PM PT: A source close to Altman says the board had agreed in principle to resign and to allow Altman and Brockman to return, but has since waffled — missing a key 5PM PT deadline by which many OpenAI staffers were set to resign. If Altman decides to leave and start a new company, those staffers would assuredly go with him.

> Altman holding talks with the company just a day after he was ousted indicates that OpenAI is in a state of free-fall without him. Hours after he was axed, Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president and former board chairman, resigned, and the two have been talking to friends and investors about starting another company. A string of senior researchers also resigned on Friday, and people close to OpenAI say more departures are in the works.

Maybe a deal actually went through? Or he’s referring to the resignations?

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Post by yumraj » Sun, Nov 19, 2023, 5:20 AM UTC

awb wrote: post #4

https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/18/23967199/breaking-openai... > Update, 5:35PM PT: A source close to Altman says the board had agreed in principle to resign and to allow Altman and Brockman to return, but has since waffled — missing a key 5PM PT deadline by which many OpenAI staffers were set to resign. If Altman decides to leave and start a new company, those staffers would assuredly go with him. > Altman holding…

It sounds more like FUD being spread by Sam camp. I just don’t see a reason as to why the board would resign.

But, what do I, or anyone except the people involved, know.

OTOH, the tweet sounds/read weird. Is he trying to recruit folks for his next venture.

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Post by gkoberger » Sun, Nov 19, 2023, 5:21 AM UTC

awb wrote: post #4

https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/18/23967199/breaking-openai... > Update, 5:35PM PT: A source close to Altman says the board had agreed in principle to resign and to allow Altman and Brockman to return, but has since waffled — missing a key 5PM PT deadline by which many OpenAI staffers were set to resign. If Altman decides to leave and start a new company, those staffers would assuredly go with him. > Altman holding…

No, he's just publicly making it clear how much support he has internally. (And to be fair, I do believe that's how he feels, of course – he's probably appreciative of everyone backing him.)

If there was a deal, he wouldn't have tweeted it this way.

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Post by malwarebytess » Sun, Nov 19, 2023, 5:22 AM UTC

This strikes me as narcissistic. Maybe the board wasn't wrong.

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Post by karmasimida » Sun, Nov 19, 2023, 5:23 AM UTC

awb wrote: post #4

https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/18/23967199/breaking-openai... > Update, 5:35PM PT: A source close to Altman says the board had agreed in principle to resign and to allow Altman and Brockman to return, but has since waffled — missing a key 5PM PT deadline by which many OpenAI staffers were set to resign. If Altman decides to leave and start a new company, those staffers would assuredly go with him. > Altman holding…

This is so ambiguous. It could mean he loves the team and comes back, or the team loves him so much they decided to join him in next venture.

Who knows. But definitely a power move to turn up the heat to get good wills from the crowd

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Post by himaraya » Sun, Nov 19, 2023, 5:24 AM UTC

awb wrote: post #4

https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/18/23967199/breaking-openai... > Update, 5:35PM PT: A source close to Altman says the board had agreed in principle to resign and to allow Altman and Brockman to return, but has since waffled — missing a key 5PM PT deadline by which many OpenAI staffers were set to resign. If Altman decides to leave and start a new company, those staffers would assuredly go with him. > Altman holding…

The Verge seems squarely in Sam's camp. Bloomberg reports the board "balking" at stepping down.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-18/openai-bo...