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Details emerge of surprise board coup that ousted CEO Sam Altman at OpenAI
Benj Edwardsarstechnica.com
A good summary of the OpenAI news.
weirdly my main reaction is gratitude to the OpenAI founders for actually creating a governance structure that committed them to sacrifice profits if the mission required it. no idea if that's what happened here, but at least we know the commitment had teeth. Show more
With the release of Codex, however, we had the first culture clash that was beyond saving: those who really believed in the safety mission were horrified that OAI was releasing a powerful LLM that they weren't 100% sure was safe. The company split, and Anthropic was born.
Jeremy Howardtwitter.comSam Altman returning to OpenAI after a day is like Steve Jobs returning to Apple after 12 years, but for the TikTok generation
Matt Turcktwitter.comgut feelings
@TF_Global Now, Sam is one of those unstoppable forces so he may very well soon enlist other backers and leave but… for now it looks like OpenAI split into two, and Microsoft has managed to seize both halves.
Yishantwitter.com“Right now, people [say] ‘you have this research lab, you have this API [software], you have the partnership with Microsoft, you have this ChatGPT thing, now there is a GPT store.’ But those aren’t really our products,” Altman said. “Those are channels into our one single product, which is intelligence, magic intelligence in the sky. I think that’s... See more
Madhumita Murgia • OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wants to build AI “superintelligence”
Altman said there had been “a brutal crunch” all year due to supply shortages of Nvidia’s $40,000-a-piece chips. He said his company had received H100s, and was expecting more soon, adding that “next year looks already like it’s going to be better.”
However, as other players such as Google, Microsoft, AMD and Intel prepare to release rival AI chips,... See more
However, as other players such as Google, Microsoft, AMD and Intel prepare to release rival AI chips,... See more
Madhumita Murgia • OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wants to build AI “superintelligence”
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