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Dramatic Shitposter to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

OpenAI announces leadership transition

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OpenAI announces leadership transition

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Dramatic Shitposter to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago
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Chief technology officer Mira Murati appointed interim CEO to lead OpenAI; Sam Altman departs the company. Search process underway to identify permanent successor.
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  • @morrowind@lemmy.ml
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    40•2 years ago

    They’ve fired Sam Altman, this is wild

    • Anony Moose
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      7•2 years ago

      Very interesting indeed, given that Ilya Sutskever and Greg Brockman are in the board.

      • @ultranaut@lemmy.world
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        8•2 years ago

        Brockman is off the board now too.

        • Anony Moose
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          3•2 years ago

          Yeah, just realized that. On first read I thought he was just helping with the transition, but this seems more like he’s been kicked off the board too, although is still employed (for now).

          • @BetaDoggo_@lemmy.world
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            He’s just posted that he’s quitting on twitter. Didn’t take long lol.

  • Heresy_generator
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    Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities. The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI.

    Scandal incoming?

    • Guy Dudeman
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      Yep: https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/entertainment-celebrity/what-are-the-allegations-against-sam-altman-openai-s-sister-s-tweets-resurface-online-amid-mounting-backlash/ar-AA1hP8L8

      • ripcord
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        7•2 years ago

        It has to be something else that hasn’t been revealed yet.

        • Guy Dudeman
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          3•2 years ago

          This isn’t enough for you?

          • @seaQueue@lemmy.world
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            7•2 years ago

            Those allegations have been floating since ~2021, I don’t think openai would suddenly decide to take emergency action on them 2+ years later.

          • @jackalope@lemmy.ml
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            5•2 years ago

            Brockman was also taken off the board so this seems unlikely.

          • ripcord
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            No, something from a month ago already publicized isn’t likely to cause them to fire them like this.

          • @giacomo@lemm.ee
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            1•2 years ago

            That article doesn’t sound like enough for anything.

      • @db2@sopuli.xyz
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        Is this the real explanation as to why “AI” is so sexist and racist?

        • Alto
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          Im pretty sure thars just because people suck

          • @seaQueue@lemmy.world
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            5•2 years ago

            Generative AI just codifies the biases it was trained with so this is spot on

        • @sleep_deprived@lemmy.world
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          3•2 years ago

          It’s very well documented that machine learning will have the same biases its training set does. Years ago this was a big deal when Google tried to use ML for hiring but it kept ending up racist.

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    • 👍Maximum Derek👍
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      6•2 years ago

      I feel like there must be. And for the board to move this fast it’s probably financial.

      • @ultranaut@lemmy.world
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        16•2 years ago

        It’s serious enough that they immediately cut ties and publicly accuse him of dishonesty, to me that suggests it’s probably something illegal.

      • @CarlosCheddar@lemmy.world
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        6•2 years ago

        I agree, maybe OpenAI has been bleeding money and the board had no idea until now.

        • @grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world
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          1•2 years ago

          I could be wrong but these days the longest you could go on having no idea is about a week. And that’s if you are really not that engaged. Companies like this run on financial statements.

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  • @Cheesus@lemmy.world
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    Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities. The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI.

    Now that is a damning statement. Usually an exec being fired is through sugar coated language like spending time with family, wants a new challenge, took a roll elsewhere, or retiring.

    As someone who has to prep docs for the board review meetings, I’m super curious as to what he lied about

  • @Dagnet@lemmy.world
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    7•2 years ago

    They should put their money where their mouth is and replace all leadership with AI

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