<story><title>Microsoft was blindsided by OpenAI&apos;s ouster of CEO Sam Altman</title><url>https://www.axios.com/2023/11/17/microsoft-openai-sam-altman-ouster</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>valine</author><text>If anything this is a power grab by the board away from Microsoft. Optimistically, this could be an attempt to return OpenAI to its original status as a true non-profit company. OpenAI lost most of its openness under Sam.&lt;p&gt;They needed the Microsoft investment before GPT scaling was proven out. I imagine many entities would be willing to put money into a truly open research lab given OpenAI’s track record.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kromem</author><text>The focus on openness was literally how the board ended their statement on firing Altman.&lt;p&gt;And then Greg being all &amp;quot;committed to safety&amp;quot; in his resignation statement makes me think this was a conflict between being an open OpenAI with global research or being closed and proprietary in the name of safety.</text></comment>
<story><title>Microsoft was blindsided by OpenAI&apos;s ouster of CEO Sam Altman</title><url>https://www.axios.com/2023/11/17/microsoft-openai-sam-altman-ouster</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>valine</author><text>If anything this is a power grab by the board away from Microsoft. Optimistically, this could be an attempt to return OpenAI to its original status as a true non-profit company. OpenAI lost most of its openness under Sam.&lt;p&gt;They needed the Microsoft investment before GPT scaling was proven out. I imagine many entities would be willing to put money into a truly open research lab given OpenAI’s track record.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>speedylight</author><text>Microsoft gave them billions of dollars and access to lots of high performance compute, why would the board want to jeopardize that now?</text></comment>