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Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ChunkMcHorkle to c/technology
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Sam Altman has been fired as CEO of OpenAI, the company announced on Friday.

“Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities,” the company said in its blog post.

EDITED TO ADD direct link to OpenAI board announcement:
https://openai.com/blog/openai-announces-leadership-transition

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[–] Nobody 296 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"AI is going to take away jobs."

"Wait... not like that."

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago

Oops... didnt see that coming

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He got billions in his account. I dont think he cares. For them job is something to do to not get bored, I guess?

[–] kromem 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty much literally not about the money for him.

He didn't have any equity and didn't get a salary.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

So he can go and do something fun like hike the Andes for two years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

He got billions in his account

Was unaware the man has had his bank account records leaked to the public. Do you have a source for this claim?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems to be somewhere between 0.5 and 0.7 billion, which due to a quirk of the English language are technicallybillions, making OP technically not wrong ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-businessmen/ceos/sam-altman-net-worth/ https://www.thestreet.com/investors/sam-altman-net-worth-how-does-he-make-money

[–] Linkerbaan 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

TIL I got billions myself 😎

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

So if we're all billionaires, do we need to eat ourselves?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If everyone's super(rich), no-one is.

[–] TheBat 1 points 1 year ago

Anxious people: We've been eating dead skin for ages!

[–] eskimofry 0 points 1 year ago

Hey, nobody's judging anyone for their kinks. Do as you please.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Nope but assuming he's broke af is pretty idiotic. He rolls wirh Musk, Branson and all.