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Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI (www.theverge.com)

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Sam Altman has been fired as CEO of OpenAI, the company announced on Friday.

“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 company said in its blog post.

EDITED TO ADD direct link to OpenAI board announcement:
https://openai.com/blog/openai-announces-leadership-transition

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[-] yoz@aussie.zone 22 points 9 months ago

He got billions in his account. I dont think he cares. For them job is something to do to not get bored, I guess?

[-] kromem@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago

Pretty much literally not about the money for him.

He didn't have any equity and didn't get a salary.

[-] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

So he can go and do something fun like hike the Andes for two years.

[-] SaltySalamander@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

He got billions in his account

Was unaware the man has had his bank account records leaked to the public. Do you have a source for this claim?

[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 28 points 9 months ago

Net worth estimates seem to be $500M - $700M

https://www.thestreet.com/investors/sam-altman-net-worth-how-does-he-make-money

[-] min_fapper@iusearchlinux.fyi 11 points 9 months ago

Seems to be somewhere between 0.5 and 0.7 billion, which due to a quirk of the English language are technicallybillions, making OP technically not wrong ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-businessmen/ceos/sam-altman-net-worth/ https://www.thestreet.com/investors/sam-altman-net-worth-how-does-he-make-money

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

TIL I got billions myself 😎

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 6 points 9 months ago

So if we're all billionaires, do we need to eat ourselves?

[-] loobkoob@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago

If everyone's super(rich), no-one is.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Anxious people: We've been eating dead skin for ages!

[-] eskimofry@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

Hey, nobody's judging anyone for their kinks. Do as you please.

[-] yoz@aussie.zone 1 points 9 months ago

Lol

[-] yoz@aussie.zone 7 points 9 months ago

Nope but assuming he's broke af is pretty idiotic. He rolls wirh Musk, Branson and all.

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