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After learning today’s news, this is the message I sent to the OpenAI team:

hi everyone,

I'm super proud of what we've all built together since starting in my apartment 8 years ago. we've been through tough & great times together, accomplishing so much despite all the reasons it should have been impossible.

but based on today's news, i quit.
genuinely wishing you all nothing but the best. i continue to believe in the mission of creating safe AGI that benefits all of humanity.

Greg Brockman, President & Co-Founder At OpenAI

Greg Brockman quits OpenAI after abrupt firing of Sam Altman

OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman has quit the firm, he said Friday, hours after the Microsoft-backed giant abruptly fired its chief executive Sam Altman and assured that Brockman would remain at the startup. Brockman’s sudden departure adds to the day’s uncertainties at OpenAI, following closely on the heels of its maiden developer conference led by Altman.

Brockman said in a series of tweets that Ilya Sutskever, the chief scientist at OpenAI, informed Altman about a Friday noon call on Thursday evening. On the call, Sutskever and the rest of the OpenAI board members told Altman that he had been fired.

“As far as we know, the management team was made aware of this shortly after, other than Mira who found out the night prior,” Brockman wrote. Mira Murati, the CTO of OpenAI, has been appointed as interim CEO of OpenAI, the startup said today.

OpenAI earlier said that Brockman was stepping down as chairman of the board, but will remain at the firm. Brockman, who co-founded OpenAI with Altman, is a close confidant of the former OpenAI chief executive. He said Friday that the board wanted him to continue, but he had chosen to resign and was saddened by the board’s direction.

OpenAI and Microsoft, which is not on the board of the startup but owns roughly half of the company, remain tightlipped about what led to the ouster of Altman from the startup, whose large language model kickstarted / supercharged the AI race.

The pair’s exit has sent shockwaves through Silicon Valley. Altman has been the public face of the startup, which not only is widely estimated to be leading the current AI race but has in less than a year also assumed the position of kingmaker for countless other startups that are building atop of OpenAI’s offerings.

“I’m super proud of what we’ve all built together since starting in my apartment 8 years ago. We’ve ben through tough & great times together, accomplishing so much despite all the reasons it should have been impossible,” wrote Brockman in a message to OpenAI team. “But based on today’s news, I quit. Genuinely wishing you all nothing but the best. I continue to believe in the mission of creating safe AGI that benefits all of humanity.”

Earlier on Friday, OpenAI said Altman had left the firm after losing the confidence of the board. OpenAI said Altman was leaving the firm after a “deliberative review process” by the board” concluded that he was “not consistently candid in his communications” with the board, which hindered “its ability to exercise its responsibilities.”

The announcement comes less than two weeks after OpenAI held its maiden developer conference, where Altman shared that ChatGPT had amassed 100 million users. Microsoft chief Satya Nadella, who was a chief guest at the conference, said “we love you guys.” In a later interview with FT, Altman said he expected to raise “a lot more” from Microsoft and other investors in the future.

“We have a long-term agreement with OpenAI with full access to everything we need to deliver on our innovation agenda and an exciting product roadmap; and remain committed to our partnership, and to Mira and the team. Together, we will continue to deliver the meaningful benefits of this technology to the world,” Nadella said in a statement Friday.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/techcrunch.com/2023/11/17/greg-brockman-quits-openai-after-abrupt-firing-of-sam-altman/amp/

Hmmm.

We don't even know the full details yet, hopefully he will not be another 'Bank-Friedman' who the regulators may pick up soon to answer for serious breaches. The only thing I sense now is that it's becoming another flop like metaverse, Twitter with all hype but no money but heavy record making losses to the investors.

A very good product doesn't need the kind of relentless hype being given to AI. I am not AI-skeptic but I will not be surprised if it's ultimately a commercial failure (commercial failure is not same as utility failure ). Till we get the details, here's wishing him a great future.Check my signature for free stuffs!

Hmm

WIll that give us GPT4 free trail? If it will, then it is a good thing he resigned

I wish we could be having such innovations down here...
The white race are really trying



We practice conference tech no doubt in Nigeria....

Conference upon conferences

No results

Just registered with them.... Abeg oh.

All expandable

Too much money would be worrying this one.

Now, Sam and Greg might go on to build another company that will oust OpenAI in the AI game.

The loss is on OpenAI here.

Du

mean while am struggling with docker here

Babtunz:
Now Sam and Greg will go on to build another company that will oust OpenAI in the AI game.

Not possible. The terms of acquisition by Microsoft will prevent them from building a competing product or working for a competing business.

This is the pattern. Zuckerberg did it with WhatsApp, Instagram and Oculus. Microsoft will soon take full ownership of the company after ousting it's co-founders. It's the same pattern.

there must be a reason to this

.

AI is fast becoming a menace

Elon Musk was right after all

Appletek:
Not possible. The terms of acquisition by Microsoft will prevent them from building a competing product or working for a competing business.

Even if they don't build another AI company themselves, they can still work as contractors or advisors for other Microsoft rivals.

In either case, their experience is all that matters.

Removed or resigned?

Ok

FreeStuffsNG:
Hmmm.

We don't even know the full details yet, hopefully he will not be another Bank-Friedman who the regulators may pick up soon to answer for serious breaches. The only thing I sense now is that it's becoming another flop like metaverse, Twitter with all hype but no money but heavy record making losses to the investors.

A very good product doesn't need the kind of relentless hype being given to AI. I am not AI-skeptic but I will not be surprised if it's ultimately a commercial failure. Check my signature for free stuffs!

this is beyond your capacity sir.

Na money go surely cause this breakup

JustPowerApps:
WIll that give us GPT4 free trail? If it will, then it is a good thing he resigned

Nigerians and destruction... greed ... Omo nawa ooo

Good luck to you.

The age is upon us

Good luck to you.
Your decision to quit...... So hard

nlfpmod:
Greg Brockman, President & Co-Founder At OpenAI




https://www.google.com/amp/s/techcrunch.com/2023/11/17/greg-brockman-quits-openai-after-abrupt-firing-of-sam-altman/amp/

This is what happens when the big cooperations (Microsoft) back startups, the big sharks always swallow the small fishes after acquiring them...the business world is not for the faint hearted.