Ex-OpenAI board member reveals what led to Sam Altman's brief ousting

Re:Ex-OpenAI board member reveals what led to Sam Altman's b... by stale2002 on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @10:30PM (#40507799)

The dishonesty regarding the ChatGPT release sounds like the best decision that Sam or anyone could have made in the history of the company.

The ChatGPT release is what made the AI movement go mainstream. It is why OpenAI is worth ~80 billion dollars.

By Gods am I glad that the board wasn't able to stop ChatGPT from being released.

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Re:Ex-OpenAI board member reveals what led to Sam Altman's b... by joquarky on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @11:50PM (#40508267)

I thought it wasn't "released" initially in a manner that was meant to be a product.

I seem to recall that the release in late November 2022 was only intended to be a way for volunteers on the Internet to experiment with it and provide feedback.

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Re:Ex-OpenAI board member reveals what led to Sam Altman's b... by mr_toad on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @10:45PM (#40507904)

> It is why OpenAI is worth ~80 billion dollars.

Worth to who?

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Re:Ex-OpenAI board member reveals what led to Sam Altman's b... by tibbar on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @11:05PM (#40508015)

Well, that was the valuation of their last fund raising round, which included a tender offer to employees. So it was worth that much to investors and to its current employees.

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Re:Ex-OpenAI board member reveals what led to Sam Altman's b... by stale2002 on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @11:23PM (#40508110)

Worth is determined in the same way that it is for every single other thing in the world.

It is "worth" what someone else is willing to pay for it.

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