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505 of 700 OpenAI employees tell the board to resign. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

What we have here, is a company that fired its CEO for vague and cryptic reasons and a whole lot of speculation on what the real issue was. These are their own words:

https://openai.com/blog/openai-announces-leadership-transition

I'm not trying to defend Altman or the altruism of Microsoft. Although I would like to understand why this firing happened and why it was done in such an abrupt and dramatic manner.