The biggest winner of this weekend's drama and the burning of 10s of billions of dollars at OpenAI? The CCP.
@nathanlands
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OpenAI Faces Mass Resignations in Major Leadership Crisis
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Just heard in a Twitter space with @wagieeacc and @beffjezos that dozens of people have already quit OpenAI in protest. And @karpathy tweeted "" It really feels like OpenAI is done. Sad day. :/
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Sam Altman’s Return: Inside the Leadership Speculation
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Maybe, I just don't buy that. I think he worded that way to hedge, but he was pretty sure he was back. Around when he tweeted this, his brother and others in his circle were tweeting stuff that seemed to imply Sam was back. And press were tweeting that Sam was going to be
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Ilya’s AI Safety Concerns or Power Play Motivations
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Yeah. I was leaning toward just a pure power play by Ilya. But now that Emmett is a bit of an AI doomer type, I really don't know. Maybe it is possible that Ilya really has bought into the AI doom hype. I don't think it is a coincidence that this started right after rumors
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Founder Sam unlikely to join established company like Ford
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Sam is a founder, I can't possibly see him joining an established company. Would be like Elon Musk joining Ford.
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Sam and Emmett: First YC Class Success Stories
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And Sam and Emmett are both part of the first class of YC… you couldn't make this shit up if you were trying to write a best selling novel.
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Emmett Joins Team: YC First Class Connection Revealed
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Crazy context behind Emmett joining that makes this even more nuts. Emmett and Sam were both part of the 1st class of YC.
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OpenAI hires new CEO; Sam Altman and Greg Brockman planning new venture
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BREAKING: @eshear has been hired as the new CEO of OpenAI. I expect Sam and Greg to announce a new company soon. And, it seems there could be more to the story with @kvogt
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Ilya’s GPT-5 power grab conspiracy theory examined
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My personal conspiracy theory is that Ilya saw GPT-5 and how amazing it is. And wanted control over it. Not to save the world. But purely for power