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Microsoft was blindsided by OpenAI's ouster of CEO Sam Altman (www.axios.com)

submitted 11 months ago by morrowind@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Satya just released a statement https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/11/17/a-statement-from-microsoft-chairman-and-ceo-satya-nadella/

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[–] unreachable@lemmy.world 63 points 11 months ago

GPT-6: "i am the CEO now"

[+] SuperSpaceFan@kbin.social 54 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 34 points 11 months ago

Rumor is they were unhappy with some of his outside investments. I also learned yesterday Sam has a sister that has accused him of emotional and sexual abuse. No idea if either of those allegations are credible, though.

[–] 0110010001100010@lemmy.world 24 points 11 months ago

I think we all would. Given the sudden nature of it I'm sure there is more to the story than what's been publicly disclosed.

[+] Tigbitties@kbin.social -61 points 11 months ago (1 children)

He either fucked up somewhere, he refused to do something "they" wanted or he wanted to do something "they" didn't want.

With the potential of what AI can and/or shouldn't do, I think it might be one of the last two. That's only because money is involved and it feels like greed is rampant.

Then again, maybe he's a pedo.

I'm not sure if this makes me a pessimist or a conspiracy nut.

[–] Fades@lemmy.world 41 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

What a waste of your time to write this drivel and a waste of everyone else’s that read it. You literally just wrote a bunch of fucking nonsense, may as well claim he’s also the goddamn devil incarnate, since you’re just handing out random claims.

AI firm’s board said Altman was ‘not consistently candid in his communications with the board’ and had lost its confidence

He lied, but yeah it’s because he refused to do something “””they””” told him to do. Sure, definitely makes sense to make the claim you did with 0 evidence, suggestive or not that goes against the only actual information anyone that isn’t the board has.

Do you usually go around answering people’s questions about shit you don’t understand? You have no insight or even a meaningful quote, but no instead it’s “maybe he’s a pedo”. Who are you, some sort of phony stark wannabe?

To answer your question, yes it absolutely makes you sound like a fucking nut.

What’s really wild to me is how you put forth this bullshit yet make no mention of this bullshit.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

You also skipped the part where they said it's about money, when this is the same board as the original nonprofit, and they are not investors.

[–] sviper@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago

Microsoft ... Non profit.

I don't see alignment of interests.

[–] hersh@literature.cafe 29 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Nothing the linked blog post suggests Microsoft was "blindsided". Where did the Axios article get that "one minute" bit from?

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Really?

Microsoft, which has invested billions in OpenAI, learned that OpenAI was ousting CEO Sam Altman just a minute before the news was shared with the world

[–] hersh@literature.cafe 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You replied as I was editing my previous comment.

They don't support that statement in any way. It's not even attributed to anyone at MS. Where did it come from?

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

according to a person familiar with the situation.

[–] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It has been redacted?

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nope. There are two links. You’re probably only looking at the blog post.

[–] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Missed it in plain sight 🙃

[–] Kainsley@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Nothing, except the first paragraph which explains exactly this...

[–] ripcord@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How does this mean they were blindsided...?

[–] sviper@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Clickbait as always

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

They finally asked chatgpt who should run the company