With the release of Codex, however, we had the first culture clash that was beyond saving: those who really believed in the safety mission were horrified that OAI was releasing a powerful LLM that they weren't 100% sure was safe. The company split, and Anthropic was born.
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OpenAI Shifts to Profit Model While Maintaining Non-Profit Control
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Now OAI accelerated in its new direction. It wasn't open any more, and it decided to pursue profits to fund its non-profit goals. Nonetheless, the company remained controlled by the non-profit, and therefore by its board.
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Microsoft Could Acquire OpenAI as Potential Solution
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Random thought. Is one possible path forward that Microsoft just acquires OpenAI? Not even sure how that sort of thing would work given OpenAI’s structure, but this is very bad for both companies. An acquisition might be a way out.
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Sam Altman Departs OpenAI Leadership
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Sam Altman departs Open AI https://
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Board governance crisis threatens transformative AI company
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This just sucks. Imagine the most transformative company of the generation being destroyed by a board with no equity, half of which seemingly has nothing to do with AI, one of which owns a competitor. https://
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Fired OpenAI Employees Legal Protection and Market Competition
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Maybe but depending on how / why they were fired, they might have legal arguments to protect them. I don’t expect them to make a direct OpenAI competitor tho.
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Sam’s Fundraising Advantage Over Remaining Founders
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No chance. Sam can raise more money than the two remaining founders could ever dream of.
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OpenAI Board Removes Sam Altman as Chief Executive Officer
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OpenAI’s Board Pushes Out Sam Altman, Its High-Profile C.E.O.
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Power play for control of the most important invention in history
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Power play for control of the most important invention in history
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OpenAI Leadership Shift Triggers Strategic Realignment in AI Ecosystem
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PREDICTION: With OpenAI leadership change, key players start questioning their commitment to the company. And devs too. We find out this was a power play for control. Either by Microsoft, or by Mira and Ilya. YC startups all building on OpenAI, become way more open to