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Re:OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sa... by tsimionescu on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @03:30AM (#38360964)
Except that the new CEO has explicitly stated he and the board are very much still interested in commercialization. Plus, if the board had on this simple kind of disagreement, they had no reason to also accuse Sam of dishonesty and bring about this huge scandal.

Granted, it's also possible the reasons are as you state and they were simply that incompetent at managing PR.

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Re:OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sa... by codeduck on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @04:22AM (#38361342)
> Except that the new CEO has explicitly stated he and the board are very much still interested in commercialization

This could be desperate, last-ditch efforts at damage control

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Re:OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sa... by bertil on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @07:05AM (#38362531)
There are multiple, publicly visible steps before firing the guy.
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