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Re:Altman Sought Billions for AI Chip Venture Before OpenAI ... by jjeaff on Sunday November 19, 2023 @03:19PM (#38337390)
You seriously don't see a conflict of interest with a board member and CEO creating a separate company that sells to the company he is the CEO of? That is the definition of conflict of interest.
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Re:Altman Sought Billions for AI Chip Venture Before OpenAI ... by murakamiiq84 on Sunday November 19, 2023 @07:04PM (#38340129)
Yeah something can be potentially net good for a company but still be a COI. If I'm in charge of awarding military contracts and I give it to a armaments company my son is a VP of, and I didn't disclose to anybody that my son was a VP there, this is a clear COI even if I later argue (and people agree with me!) that my son's armaments company is best suited for the business.

At the very minimum I should not be the one to make that call.

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