Sources: some shareholders are questioning whether Sam Altman should lead OpenAI through the turbulence of an IPO and have floated Bret Taylor as a successor
Wall Street Journal
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Discussion
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@ns123abc
Nik
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>Altman owns zero equity in OpenAI >makes only $66k salary >but he continues to push OpenAI to invest in companies >where he personally owns big stakes The board promised to fix these conflicts... but never actually did. “The structural problem that got @sama fired in 2023 was n…
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@berber_jin1
Berber Jin
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NEW: when sam altman was briefly fired from openai, its board had grown concerned about his startup investments and the conflicts they posed we have new reporting that shows these issues are more alive than ever read more in our @WSJ investigation below:
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@katiemiller
Katie Miller
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OpenAI wants to fire Sam Altman again 🚨 [image]
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@anomsiiwa
@anomsiiwa
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@KatieMiller OpenAI's most impressive generative capability isn't text or video; it is generating endless, high-stakes corporate drama.
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Kate Clark
Kate Clark
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New: When Sam Altman was briefly fired, then rehired as OpenAI CEO in 2023, the company's board of directors had fretted over what little they knew …
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@whisperingpines
@whisperingpines
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I think they should also be concerned about an IPO for a company that cannot and will not ever make a profit that also has liability from suicide to mass shootings to intellectual property and copyright law that is on the order of a size of infinity [embedded post]
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@edzitron.com
Ed Zitron
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Time, mister,, alt, man, is it really that, time, again? [embedded post]