• InvaderDJ@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The biopic on this whole thing is going to be hilarious. The rumors are that the board didn’t like how fast the CEO is moving with AI and they’re afraid of consequences of possible AGI (which I don’t think these new LLMs are even close to) but that doesn’t feel like what modern boards of directors are so I don’t trust it.

    It’s just baffling how this golden goose was half way strangled in the nest.

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      1 year ago

      Or this is essentially a hostile takeover by Microsoft. OpenAI is a non-profit with non-shareholders as it’s board. They don’t have a profit motive to develop AI quickly and without safety measures. But the tech they’ve developed has quickly become the hottest product on the planet.

      Microsoft was clearly prepared to take on all the employees the second this happened.