Listen "The OpenAI debacle (a retrospective)"
Episode Synopsis
Daniel & Chris conduct a retrospective analysis of the recent OpenAI debacle in which CEO Sam Altman was sacked by the OpenAI board, only to return days later with a new supportive board. The events and people involved are discussed from start to finish along with the potential impact of these events on the AI industry.Join the discussionChangelog++ members save 3 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Traceroute – Listen and follow Season 3 of Traceroute starting November 2 on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts! Fastly – Our bandwidth partner. Fastly powers fast, secure, and scalable digital experiences. Move beyond your content delivery network to their powerful edge cloud platform. Learn more at fastly.comFly.io – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps and databases close to your users. In minutes you can run your Ruby, Go, Node, Deno, Python, or Elixir app (and databases!) all over the world. No ops required. Learn more at fly.io/changelog and check out the speedrun in their docs. Featuring:Chris Benson – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XDaniel Whitenack – Website, GitHub, XShow Notes:OpenAI | WikipediaHow OpenAI’s origins explain the Sam Altman dramaOpenAI chaos: A timeline of firings, interim CEOs, re-hirings and other twistsOpenAI researchers warned board of AI breakthrough ahead of CEO ouster, sources sayEveryone’s talking about OpenAI’s Q*. Here’s what you need to know about the mysterious project.It is Time to Profit off of the OpenAI DramaYann LeCun | LinkedInAdvent of GenAI HackathonSomething missing or broken? PRs welcome!
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