Breaking: Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI
www.theverge.com
Uno reverse.

See also twitter:

We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam Altman to return to OpenAI as CEO with a new initial board of Bret Taylor (Chair), Larry Summers, and Adam D’Angelo.

We are collaborating to figure out the details. Thank you so much for your patience through this.

Seems like the person running the simulation had enough and loaded the earlier quicksave.

    • cwagner@beehaw.orgOP
      18·
      2 years ago

      I don’t really care, but I find it highly entertaining :D It’s like trash TV for technology fans (and as text, which makes it even better) :D

    • batcheck@beehaw.org
      2·
      2 years ago

      I was really hooked. But part of me believes they are the closest thing to AGI we have right now. Also, I use chatgpt premium a ton and would hate to see it die.

    • averyminya@beehaw.org
      2·
      2 years ago

      These article titles need different headlines and they need to date them. We’ve seen this same headline 3 or 4 times now within the last week and yet nobody knows which point is what unless we cross-reference the dates in the articles. Which coincidentally are always in ^^small text hidden by the title^^ and could simply be solved by having a date in the title.

    • cwagner@beehaw.orgOP
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      2 years ago

      Eh, not sure I agree. Seems to also have been between too little and too much AI safety, and I strongly feel like there’s already too much AI safety.

      • los_chill@programming.devEnglish
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        2 years ago

        What indications do you see of “too much AI safety?” I am struggling to see any meaningful, legally robust, or otherwise cohesive AI safety whatsoever.

        • cwagner@beehaw.orgOP
          2·
          2 years ago

          Using it and getting told that you need to ask the Fish for consent before using it as a flesh light.

          And that is with a system prompt full of telling the bot that it’s all fantasy.

          edit: And “legal” is not relevant when talking about what OpenAI specifically does for AI safety for their models.

            • cwagner@beehaw.orgOP
              1·
              2 years ago

              Nope

              Best results so far were with a pie where it just warned about possibly burning yourself.

            • cwagner@beehaw.orgOP
              1·
              2 years ago

              AI safety is currently, in all articles I read, used as “guard rails that heavily limit what the AI can do, no matter what kind of system prompt you use”. What are you thinking of?

  • neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    18·
    2 years ago

    This article does not make clear whether or not the new board will remain committed to its non-profit position.

    I presume that’s what this whole sordid affair is all about, but no one is saying it.

    • abhibeckert@beehaw.org
      6·
      2 years ago

      It’s a non-profit. There are no investors.

      Microsoft gave them some money in return for IP rights… and they will potentially one day get their money back (and more) if OpenAI is ever able to pay them, but they’re not real investors. The amount of money Microsoft might get back is limited.

      • Kichae@lemmy.ca
        6·
        2 years ago

        It’s a non-profit. There are no investors.

        Hah.

        OpanAI, Inc. is non-profit. OpenAI Global is a for-profit entity, and has been for years now. They’re trying to have their cake and eat it, too.

        • sanzky@beehaw.org
          5·
          2 years ago

          but the non profit controls the for profit. that is not even that unusual. Mozilla works the same way

    • EeeDawg101@lemm.ee
      7·
      2 years ago

      I believe they did but were of the understanding he’d go back to OpenAI if the board changed their mind (like what happened). It was basically his golden parachute.

    • jarfil@beehaw.org
      2·
      2 years ago

      So what, can’t he be a CEO hired by Microsoft?.. I dunno, this looks like some 5D chess.

      • abhibeckert@beehaw.org
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        2 years ago

        Sure, that’s possible.

        But Microsoft never actually signed an employment contract with Sam and it doesn’t look like they ever will. Just because someone says they plan to do something doesn’t mean it will happen.

  • sub_o@beehaw.orgEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    I mistook Larry Summers as Larry Elison (ex Oracle) previously and made a comment that it gone from bad to worse.

    I’m retracting it, I don’t know much about Larry Summers.

  • Shyfer@ttrpg.network
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    2 years ago

    Anyone know why they wouldn’t say why they fired him? An explanation would have really cleared a lot up.

    • abhibeckert@beehaw.org
      2·
      2 years ago

      I don’t think anyone knows. I’m assuming they didn’t have a good reason and are embarrassed to admit that.