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It’s hard to know what’s the new information here. Altman’s history has been reported on exhaustively.

Few people have left openai over the year - safety abandonments, non profit status change, deception etc. but there is too much money involved. Here lies the actual rub. A lot of people involved and named in the article are reprehensible, kushners, saudis, Emiratis, PayPal mafia, vc folks with god complexes. But as long as they have the money, we have to dance to their tune.

We really really need a way for our society to be more equitable and hold these people responsible.



>PayPal mafia, vc folks with god complexes

HR would like you to tell the difference between the two photos.


I still don't understand how the transformation from non-profit to for-profit was possible legally.


Anything is possible with a big enough bank account.


The non-profit still exists and has the for profit as a subsiduary.


It owns only like 25% of the for-profit and was essentially stripped off of all its assets (IP, trademarks, employees, etc.).




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