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From the article: > Two YC partners sat Altman down last year “and told him, ‘Slow down, chill out!’ ” another partner, Jonathan Levy, told me. “Sam said, ‘Yes
by jrussino 3y ago
From the article:
> Two YC partners sat Altman down last year “and told him, ‘Slow down, chill out!’ ” another partner, Jonathan Levy, told me. “Sam said, ‘Yes, you’re right!’—and went off and did something else on the side that we didn’t know about for a while.”
Seems consistent with the original "leadership transition" announcement:
> 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
Has any more detail surfaced since then about what specific information he (allegedly) withheld from the board?
- RyanShook 3y agoOne of the leading theories right now is he was talking with leaders in UAE about an AI hardware/chip project without board’s knowledge. I hope some of the previous board members make a statement because it’s been almost a week and still nothing really adds up.
- potatopatch 3y agoThey've been very careful not to and they were obviously right. They were very clearly mobbed by those who benefit from for-profit side which has more power and will determine what has to happen and how to make sure he can run a profit driven company that violates US law except on paper. The funny part is that this means there is no commercial board looking out for interests like those of stock holders, so the stock holders have basically put themselves in the position the board was in AFA no recourse if the CEO is selecting another interest over theirs as well. They want to know what the board knows but don't want the stock price to reflect it.
- gwern 3y agoOne thing that has surfaced: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38372451 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38372451
- upwardbound 3y agoOne of the theories circulating is that he engaged in willful copyright infringement, and may have had advance knowledge of this pending lawsuit. https://www.semafor.com/article/11/21/2023/openai-microsoft-sued-for-copyright-infringement-in-new-class-action-lawsuit https://www.semafor.com/article/11/21/2023/openai-microsoft-...