Sam Altman has been the face of OpenAI and AI in general. Now he has been ousted by the OpenAI board, with this surprisingly blunt statement:
"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 board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI."
https://openai.com/blog/openai-announces-leadership-transition
As you would expect this news has prompted a bunch of hot takes. Anil Dash has a winner:
"How is the OpenAI board gonna fire Sam Altman just because he gave answers that sounded plausible but weren't actually accurate?"
https://me.dm/@anildash/111427928133943683
We'll have to wait to see how this unwinds, but it hasn't been a good year recently for people named Sam.
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