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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Sam Altman has been fired as CEO of OpenAI, the company announced on Friday.

“Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities,” the company said in its blog post.

EDITED TO ADD direct link to OpenAI board announcement:
https://openai.com/blog/openai-announces-leadership-transition

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (2 children)

He got billions in his account. I dont think he cares. For them job is something to do to not get bored, I guess?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Pretty much literally not about the money for him.

He didn't have any equity and didn't get a salary.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

So he can go and do something fun like hike the Andes for two years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

He got billions in his account

Was unaware the man has had his bank account records leaked to the public. Do you have a source for this claim?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Seems to be somewhere between 0.5 and 0.7 billion, which due to a quirk of the English language are technicallybillions, making OP technically not wrong ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-businessmen/ceos/sam-altman-net-worth/ https://www.thestreet.com/investors/sam-altman-net-worth-how-does-he-make-money

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

TIL I got billions myself 😎

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

So if we're all billionaires, do we need to eat ourselves?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If everyone's super(rich), no-one is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Anxious people: We've been eating dead skin for ages!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Hey, nobody's judging anyone for their kinks. Do as you please.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Nope but assuming he's broke af is pretty idiotic. He rolls wirh Musk, Branson and all.