OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sam Altman was fired

Re:OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sa... by twic on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @06:24AM (#38362207)

> The "lying" line in the original announcement feels like where the good gossip is

This is exactly it, and it's astounding that so many people are going in other directions. Either this is true, and Altman has been a naughty boy, or it's false, and the board are lying about him. Either would be the starting point for understanding the whole situation.

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Re:OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sa... by jacquesm on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @07:14AM (#38362607)

Or it is true but not to a degree that it warrants a firing and that firing just so happened to line up with the personal goals of some of the board members.

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Re:OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sa... by mcpackieh on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @09:14AM (#38363861)

They accused him of being less than candid, which could mean lying or it could mean he didn't tell them something. The latter is almost certainly true to at least a limited extent. It's a weasel phrasing that implies lying but could be literally true only in a trivial sense.

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Re:OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sa... by trinsic2 on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @10:12AM (#38364672)

The announcement that he is acted to get a position with Microsoft creates doubt about his motives.

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