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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by fatbird on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @10:10AM (#38380271)
Indeed, it is hilarious.

The Foundation has nothing to do with MS and can't possibly be considered a competitor, acquisition target, supplier, or any other entity where a decision for the Foundation might materially harm MS (or the reverse). There's no potential conflict of interest between the missions of the two.

Did you think OP meant there was some inherent conflict of interest with charities?

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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by paulddraper on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @10:11AM (#38380294)
Have you seen OpenAI's current board?

Explain how an MS employee would have greater conflict of interest.

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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by uxp8u61q on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @11:45AM (#38381588)
Conflict of interest with what? The other board members? That's utterly irrelevant. Look up some big companies boards some day. You'll see.
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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by paulddraper on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @02:16PM (#38383754)
See earlier

> If OpenAI remains a 501(c)(3) charity, then any employee of Microsoft on the board will have a fiduciary duty to advance the mission of the charity, rather than the business needs of Microsoft. There are obvious conflicts of interest here.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38378069

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