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Re:Why Sam Altman Won't Be on the Hook for OpenAI's Spending... by bigstrat2003 on Saturday November 08, 2025 @10:42AM (#45857442)
Yeah, a CEO being "held accountable" looks like "we will pay you enormous sums of money to leave the company". Just once I would like to see the CEO of some big corp face actual consequences for running the company badly, but I'm not holding my breath.
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Re:Why Sam Altman Won't Be on the Hook for OpenAI's Spending... by 0_____0 on Saturday November 08, 2025 @10:58AM (#45857591)
May I introduce you to the Enron scandal?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Skilling

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Re:Why Sam Altman Won't Be on the Hook for OpenAI's Spending... by dangus on Saturday November 08, 2025 @12:34PM (#45858402)
Can you imagine such a punishment occurring under the current administration?

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7ek63e5xyo

One reason of many why I say that the CEO class is no longer accountable for anything. Laws do not exist for them.

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Re:Why Sam Altman Won't Be on the Hook for OpenAI's Spending... by the__alchemist on Saturday November 08, 2025 @10:55AM (#45857563)
Are you sure you can't think of any examples?
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Re:Why Sam Altman Won't Be on the Hook for OpenAI's Spending... by dylan604 on Saturday November 08, 2025 @11:25AM (#45857828)
SBF was convicted and sentenced to 25 years.
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