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Microsoft Hires Sam Altman Hours After OpenAI Rejects His Return (www.nytimes.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Microsoft Hires Sam Altman Hours After OpenAI Rejects His Return::The announcement capped a tumultuous weekend for OpenAI, after Mr. Altman made a push to reclaim his job as C.E.O. of the artificial intelligence company.

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[–] 0 points 2 years ago (4 children)

And 500 more OpenAI employees might follow: https://www.neowin.net/news/over-half-of-openais-employees-may-quit-unless-the-board-leaves-and-brings-sam-altman-back/

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    I really don't get the employee position. They want to work at Microsoft? Literally the opposite of everything _open_ai claimed to stand for?

    What a joke this whole "non-profit" owning "for-profit" structure turned out to be. For profit structure is like a virus and we see again and again it doesn't integrate with other systems.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    If OpenAI doesn't have stable, rational and deliberative leadership, none of what they claim to stand for matters. The board did an end-run around the chair and summarily fired Altman Friday afternoon without consulting with any other stakeholders beforehand. They still haven't offered a coherent explanation for why they did what they did.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    There's no "other stakeholders" tho. It's a non profit board with a profit capped company that they control. The whole goal of the structure was to resist monetary capture and yet here we are

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago

    A stakeholder is something different than a stockholder. A stakeholder could be an employee, investor, customer, someone selling equipment to them or even the community they work in.

    Basically anyone who’s affected by their actions.

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