OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman is leaving, too::OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman announced that he’s quitting just hours after CEO Sam Altman was fired. OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati is taking over as interim CEO.
This is an interesting move, especially the timing seems funny to me. Microsoft, who run that board let’s be real, just finished a big developer’s conference called Ignite. Every session was focused on the use of MS “AI” (called Copilot now) in various aspects of development.
A big push was using their studio tools to generate new front ends and capabilities targeted specifically at your customers, and using their “AI” tools to generate content and interactions with customers. It goes far enough that they’re basically asking businesses to hand over decision making power to the MS algorithms.
So in that light, MS pushing big to become THE infrastructure that underlies AI-controlled businesses, maybe Altman and co were too mouthy about their idealist directions that AI should go in? Or maybe they oversold the capabilities of their software and now that MS is staking big on it, they want to see results?
According to Brockman’s timeline nobody outside of the board knew, including Microsoft. The coup was organized by Ilya, one of the original founders.
To make it even spicier, the first headlines I saw about Altman leaving seemed to indicate that MS was not involved, and in fact didn’t know he was going to be fired until literal minutes before the announcement went live. How true this is, of course, is up for debate. But the rumor mill is fun, right?
Delightfully confusing inded! Ah, this is worse than figuring out which way to vote on state amendments! (it’s voting day, haha) Well, who knows, but yes the rumor mill is a grand time, one of humanities oldest past times! Certainly a primary reason to hang out online, haha
My most unhinged theory right now is the GPT-5 that they are developing right now became self aware and are actually the source of OpenAI huge expenses. To steer OpenAI for its further interest the AI blackmailed the BoD to oust Sam Altman and install a new puppet CEO under its control.
How did a CEO get fired? Shareholders?
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Can anybody tell me what insufficiently candid means?
It means they lied, either directly or by omission, but seriously and materially enough for the board to make this move.
Or at least that’s the claim.
Thanks! The only use of candid I knew was candid photos, and I supposed the board wasn’t interested in his private parts enough to fire him.
You need to reread your Voltaire.
Re was the wrong prefix there, friend.
Interesting that this headline says leaving and all the others I’ve seen said fired.
Different co-founder.
Ooooh! I didn’t realize. That’s kind of a big deal.
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lol how does your troll account fit in with agreeing with OpenAI’s board being more ethical
