News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Microsoft was blindsided by OpenAI's ouster of CEO Sam Al... by grpt on Friday November 17, 2023 @07:10PM (#38312711)
> according to a person familiar with the situation.

Just a rumor. Zero chance someone at MS wasn't already aware.

Re:Microsoft was blindsided by OpenAI's ouster of CEO Sam Al... by exitb on Friday November 17, 2023 @07:15PM (#38312782)
If you’d ask around yesterday, every sane person would say there’s zero change Altman will be soon fired on the spot. We’re already past that point.
Re:Microsoft was blindsided by OpenAI's ouster of CEO Sam Al... by softwaredoug on Friday November 17, 2023 @07:13PM (#38312749)
Usually news orgs don’t put their reputation on the line unless they feel there’s some substance
Re:Microsoft was blindsided by OpenAI's ouster of CEO Sam Al... by ssnistfajen on Friday November 17, 2023 @09:59PM (#38314451)
Bloomberg got away with conjuring The Big Hack story by intentionally mispresenting anecdotes and their reputation didn't take a single dent.
Re:Microsoft was blindsided by OpenAI's ouster of CEO Sam Al... by softwaredoug on Saturday November 18, 2023 @10:15AM (#38320475)
It definitely happens, but its not readily in their interest to turn themselves into just a rumor mill.
Re:Microsoft was blindsided by OpenAI's ouster of CEO Sam Al... by samspenc on Friday November 17, 2023 @08:24PM (#38313632)
Confirmed by a second news source https://www.semafor.com/article/11/17/2023/openai-board-fire...

"Microsoft, which has invested billions in OpenAI, was blindsided by Altman’s firing, Axios reported and Semafor confirmed."