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Sam Altman, OpenAI Board Open Talks to Negotiate His Possible Return

46 points by georgehill 3y ago

skygazer 3y ago
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sam-altman-openai-board-open-174023706.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sam-altman-openai-board-open-... - Discussions involve Altman, board member Adam D’Angelo, and some OpenAI investors. - The board initially refused to communicate with Altman following his dismissal. - A possible scenario includes Altman returning as a director on a transitional board. - New CEO Emmett Shear is reportedly unaware of the full reasons behind Altman's firing, says privately he’ll resign if not provided info of Altman’s wrongdoing.
avalys 3y ago
Hmm, is this a breaking news article from today, or a stale article from Saturday?
- medler 3y ago
  > That the board and Altman are in communication is a significant development because until Monday, the directors largely refused to engage with the executive they fired Friday, several people have said. Either these people are lying, or the Altman-aligned people who said they were negotiating all weekend were lying.
  - skygazer 3y ago
    I’ve read elsewhere that management at the company and the investors were doing the negotiating. Although I have no idea how Ilya is involved, since he’s both.
  - lucubratory 3y ago
    It's the latter and I (along with other people) pointed it out at the time. It was part of a media pressure campaign. That shot of Sam with a guest pass? The Board wasn't even in the building that day, he was presumably there at Mira's invitation which is probably why the Board replaced her with Emmett Shear.
- skygazer 3y ago
  I think it’s just a small recent update covering the last several days. That’s why I called out the several points I hadn’t seen elsewhere in those bullets.
diamondfist25 3y ago
This needs to be in HBO right now
layer8 3y ago
Maybe the board asked IT support last week what to do about Sam Altman, and they said: “Have you tried turning it off and on again?”
naveen99 3y ago
Even Neuman got a half a billion for abandoning ship of wework. The board members could walk away with $5B each. I wonder if these kind of shenanigans could ever happen at harvard or stanford nonprofits. I mean it happens on the regular with entire countries run by dictators.
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46 points by georgehill 3y ago

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sam-altman-openai-board-open-174023706.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sam-altman-openai-board-open-... - Discussions involve Altman, board member Adam D’Angelo, and some OpenAI investors. - The board initially refused to communicate with Altman following his dismissal. - A possible scenario includes Altman returning as a director on a transitional board. - New CEO Emmett Shear is reportedly unaware of the full reasons behind Altman's firing, says privately he’ll resign if not provided info of Altman’s wrongdoing.

avalys 3y ago

Hmm, is this a breaking news article from today, or a stale article from Saturday?

medler 3y ago
> That the board and Altman are in communication is a significant development because until Monday, the directors largely refused to engage with the executive they fired Friday, several people have said. Either these people are lying, or the Altman-aligned people who said they were negotiating all weekend were lying.
- skygazer 3y ago
  I’ve read elsewhere that management at the company and the investors were doing the negotiating. Although I have no idea how Ilya is involved, since he’s both.
- lucubratory 3y ago
  It's the latter and I (along with other people) pointed it out at the time. It was part of a media pressure campaign. That shot of Sam with a guest pass? The Board wasn't even in the building that day, he was presumably there at Mira's invitation which is probably why the Board replaced her with Emmett Shear.
skygazer 3y ago
I think it’s just a small recent update covering the last several days. That’s why I called out the several points I hadn’t seen elsewhere in those bullets.

diamondfist25 3y ago

This needs to be in HBO right now

layer8 3y ago

Maybe the board asked IT support last week what to do about Sam Altman, and they said: “Have you tried turning it off and on again?”

naveen99 3y ago

Even Neuman got a half a billion for abandoning ship of wework. The board members could walk away with $5B each. I wonder if these kind of shenanigans could ever happen at harvard or stanford nonprofits. I mean it happens on the regular with entire countries run by dictators.

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