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Re:Emmett Shear becomes interim OpenAI CEO as Altman talks b... by adastra22 on Monday November 20, 2023 @02:05AM (#38343717)
The board demonstrated their incompetency in how they fired Sam without communicating this decision to their biggest stakeholder, Microsoft, or with any clear transition plan in place.
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Re:Emmett Shear becomes interim OpenAI CEO as Altman talks b... by swalling on Monday November 20, 2023 @02:10AM (#38343759)
The board governs a mission-driven nonprofit, not a profit-focused enterprise where Microsoft has board-level influence as investor. This tension (operating as if it is a startup when it is not) is why Altman was fired.
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Re:Emmett Shear becomes interim OpenAI CEO as Altman talks b... by adastra22 on Monday November 20, 2023 @04:49PM (#38355383)
Stakeholder is not a by-word for shareholder. Microsoft has a very large stake in the outcome of OpenAI’s decisions, even if they aren’t a “shareholder” (if that were a thing) of the OpenAI non-profit.
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