Details emerge of surprise board coup that ousted CEO Sam Altman at OpenAI

Re:Details emerge of surprise board coup that ousted CEO Sam... by jasonwatkinspdx on Saturday November 18, 2023 @05:12PM (#38325139)

> OpenAI is well within its rights to change strategy even as bold as from a profit-seeking behemoth to a smaller research focused team. But how they went about this is appalling, unprofessional and a blight on corporate governance.

This wasn't a change of strategy, it was a restoration of it. OpenAI was structured with a 501c3 in oversight from the beginning exactly because they wanted to prioritize using AI for the good of humanity over profits.

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Re:Details emerge of surprise board coup that ousted CEO Sam... by ffgjgf1 on Saturday November 18, 2023 @05:33PM (#38325380)

Yet they need massive investment from Microsoft to accomplish that?

> restoration

Wouldn’t that mean that over the longterm they will just be outcompeted by the profit seeking entities. It’s not like OpenAI is self sustainable (or even can be if they chose the non-profit way)

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Re:Details emerge of surprise board coup that ousted CEO Sam... by fsckboy on Saturday November 18, 2023 @05:58PM (#38325623)

>Yet they need massive investment from Microsoft to accomplish that?

massive spending is needed for any project as massive as "AI", so what are you even asking? A "feed the poor project" does not expect to make a profit, but, yes, it needs large cash infusions...

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Re:Details emerge of surprise board coup that ousted CEO Sam... by ffgjgf1 on Sunday November 19, 2023 @03:35AM (#38330504)

That as a non profit they won’t be able to attract any sufficient amounts of money?

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Re:Details emerge of surprise board coup that ousted CEO Sam... by badwolf on Sunday November 19, 2023 @11:55AM (#38334576)

Or talent...

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Re:Details emerge of surprise board coup that ousted CEO Sam... by slenk on Saturday November 18, 2023 @07:02PM (#38326466)

This isn't going to make me think in any way that OpenAI will return to its more open beginning. If anything it shows me they don't know what they want

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Re:Details emerge of surprise board coup that ousted CEO Sam... by jasonwatkinspdx on Sunday November 19, 2023 @06:12PM (#38339607)

I agree. They've had tension between profit motive and the more grandiose thinking. Note I don't particularly agree with their approach, just saying that's what they chose when they founded things, which is their prerogative.

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