Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI
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https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/17/23965982/openai-ceo-sam-altman-firedOpen linkView original on lemmy.ca
He must have lied about something BIG for the board to pull the trigger so soon after their dev day. Crazy news.
"not consistently candid" is an interesting way to put it.. sounds like they're talking about a trend..
"Look, I'm telling you that someone is definitely sneaking in at night and fucking the ChatGPT server and I'm positive it's Sam!"
"Nuh uh! That's crazy! You're stupid! Who could possibly see that... *panting heavily* ... fine piece of machinery and consider a future filled with little ChatGPT babies after one accidental time when I forgot to pull out. IT LOVES ME!!! OPENAI CAN FEEL LOVE AND IT FEELS IT FOR ME!!! YOU'LL NEVER SEPARATE US!"
From the article, quoting statement from the company:
Then you have this at the very end:
Then you have this in Greg's resignation on Twitter:
My money is on this being related to the way OpenAI suddenly became 'ClosedAI' with GPT-4 under the chain of it being about safety which ended up very profitable for them but has hampered global research and advancement on LLMs. Especially as they are now working on GPT-5.
The "not consistently candid" may have been him claiming such closed measures were temporary or limited but then continued to double down on them.
But it's pretty clear the board sees the responsibilities he was interfering with as their core mission given the way they ended the announcement.
Cue the sexual harassment suit...
That's always what it is with these asshole tech bros.
This is best summary/article I've seen on the situation. Honestly, I don't know what to make of it all.
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/QDczBduZorG4dxZiW/sam-altman-s-sister-annie-altman-claims-sam-has-severely
No the sister is claiming he sexually abused her when she was very young.
I had to double check that I didn't click through on an NSFW community. The what now?
I tbk m much more likes disagreement about commercialisation
Dying to know what happened 👁️👁️
That guy is the face of the company in my mind. It seems insane to fire him.
Well they wouldn't want their face to be accused of sexual assault. It would look bad.
So why did Greg also resign? You don't normally throw yourself on a sword for the honor of a sexual abuser...
Have there been allegations?
By his sister yes. But my money is on something else being the cause of the firing.