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A timeline of Sam Altman’s firing from OpenAI – and the aftermath

In a dramatic turnaround late Friday, former Y Combinator president Sam Altman was fired by OpenAI’s board as CEO of AI startup OpenAI, the company behind viral AI hits like ChatGPT, GPT-4 and DALL-E 3. Then the company’s longtime president and co-founder, Greg Brockman, resigned – as did three senior OpenAI researchers. And the consequences … [Read more…]

What Sam Altman’s firing means for the future of OpenAI

Altman’s downfall shows that the organization that sought to align superintelligent AI with humanity is not even aligning the values ​​of its own board members and leadership. Adding a for-profit component to the nonprofit project turned it into an AI powerhouse. Product launches should not only bring profits, but also provide an opportunity to learn … [Read more…]