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Sam Altman fired as CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI in shock move (www.aljazeera.com)
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[–] [email protected] 26 points 11 months ago (2 children)

financial chicanery

I'm sure he's failing to find further funding in the current interest rate market and their business model frankly has no profitability end in sight. Running all those computing resources for free is a road to ruin.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It actually seems to be the opposite - Altman focussing on commercialization, whereas the board wants to continue the non-commercial focus.

I really hope this is the case.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Oh wow, I assumed the main source of problems for this business was because creating models based on sampling the works of others was ethically dubious leading to lawsuits and bans in several countries. But no. It's their CEO's business model not aligning with the board.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not to mention be sued by everyone whose copyrighted work was used.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That was my guess. I can imagine a situation where he was deliberately understating or obfuscating how vulnerable they were in that regard, or else simply overconfident they were legally in the clear.