▲ 241 ▼ OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman is leaving, too (www.theverge.com) submitted 2 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world 50 comments fedilink hide all child comments OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman is leaving, too::OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman announced that he’s quitting just hours after CEO Sam Altman was fired. OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati is taking over as interim CEO.
[–] Haha@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) How did a CEO get fired? Shareholders? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] guitarsarereal@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 years ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] virku@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Can anybody tell me what insufficiently candid means? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 years ago (1 child) It means they lied, either directly or by omission, but seriously and materially enough for the board to make this move. Or at least that’s the claim. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] virku@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Thanks! The only use of candid I knew was candid photos, and I supposed the board wasn't interested in his private parts enough to fire him. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dustyData@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) You need to reread your Voltaire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] virku@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Re was the wrong prefix there, friend. permalink fedilink source parent [–] v9CYKjLeia10dZpz88iU@programming.dev 11 points 2 years ago* OpenAI also has extremely good options for replacements. Andrej Karpathy is back at OpenAI after leading Tesla’s autonomous driving, Ilya Sutskever is highly respected, etc. The perception I had of Sam Altman was that he was more so business side and not research side, (previous YC president, had a crypto startup on the side, raising VC funds, etc) so a move to a more research oriented C-Suite might also seem like a really good option to their board. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nave@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago The board controls a non profit so they don’t actually have any shareholders. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 12 points 2 years ago They have a board and they fired him. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] guitarsarereal@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 years ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] virku@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Can anybody tell me what insufficiently candid means? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 years ago (1 child) It means they lied, either directly or by omission, but seriously and materially enough for the board to make this move. Or at least that’s the claim. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] virku@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Thanks! The only use of candid I knew was candid photos, and I supposed the board wasn't interested in his private parts enough to fire him. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dustyData@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) You need to reread your Voltaire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] virku@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Re was the wrong prefix there, friend. permalink fedilink source parent [–] v9CYKjLeia10dZpz88iU@programming.dev 11 points 2 years ago* OpenAI also has extremely good options for replacements. Andrej Karpathy is back at OpenAI after leading Tesla’s autonomous driving, Ilya Sutskever is highly respected, etc. The perception I had of Sam Altman was that he was more so business side and not research side, (previous YC president, had a crypto startup on the side, raising VC funds, etc) so a move to a more research oriented C-Suite might also seem like a really good option to their board. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nave@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago The board controls a non profit so they don’t actually have any shareholders. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] virku@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Can anybody tell me what insufficiently candid means? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 years ago (1 child) It means they lied, either directly or by omission, but seriously and materially enough for the board to make this move. Or at least that’s the claim. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] virku@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Thanks! The only use of candid I knew was candid photos, and I supposed the board wasn't interested in his private parts enough to fire him. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dustyData@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) You need to reread your Voltaire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] virku@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Re was the wrong prefix there, friend. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 years ago (1 child) It means they lied, either directly or by omission, but seriously and materially enough for the board to make this move. Or at least that’s the claim. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] virku@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Thanks! The only use of candid I knew was candid photos, and I supposed the board wasn't interested in his private parts enough to fire him. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dustyData@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) You need to reread your Voltaire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] virku@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Re was the wrong prefix there, friend. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] virku@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Thanks! The only use of candid I knew was candid photos, and I supposed the board wasn't interested in his private parts enough to fire him. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dustyData@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) You need to reread your Voltaire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] virku@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Re was the wrong prefix there, friend. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) You need to reread your Voltaire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] virku@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Re was the wrong prefix there, friend. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] virku@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Re was the wrong prefix there, friend. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] v9CYKjLeia10dZpz88iU@programming.dev 11 points 2 years ago* OpenAI also has extremely good options for replacements. Andrej Karpathy is back at OpenAI after leading Tesla’s autonomous driving, Ilya Sutskever is highly respected, etc. The perception I had of Sam Altman was that he was more so business side and not research side, (previous YC president, had a crypto startup on the side, raising VC funds, etc) so a move to a more research oriented C-Suite might also seem like a really good option to their board. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nave@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago The board controls a non profit so they don’t actually have any shareholders. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 12 points 2 years ago They have a board and they fired him. permalink fedilink source parent