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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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