Tracking the Fallout of OpenAI’s Leadership Shakeup
Tracking the Fallout of OpenAI’s Leadership Shakeup
Published on: November 30, 2023
Last week’s intense media focus on the unfolding OpenAI leadership shakeup has largely died down, but conversation remains.
The MWW Tech Team continues to keep tabs on the story and has compiled the following list of recent coverage and commentary that helps to contextualizes the fallout, consequences and other aftereffects of the firing and subsequent rehiring of CEO Sam Altman:
- In her latest commentary, Fortune’s Ann Skeet (@leaderethics) delves into the implications of last week’s events and asks smart, pointed questions related to a host of ethical leadership issues: OpenAI’s board might have been dysfunctional–but they made the right choice. Their defeat shows that in the battle between AI profits and ethics, it’s no contest
- Bloomberg reporters Priya Anand (@Priyasideas) and Sarah McBride (@mcbridesg) latest piece takes a closer look at the OpenAI director Adam D’Angelo and his unique role in the corporate drama as well as his future there after trying to oust its CEO: OpenAI Director Who Helped Oust Altman Now Key Player in Startup’s Future
- Reporter Breck Dumas (@Breck_Dumas) of Fox Business unpacks a headline-driving comment made by former Google Chief and Chairman Eric Schmidt who compared Altman to Steve Jobs during a sit-down at the Axios AI+ Summit: Former Google CEO likens OpenAI’s Sam Altman to Apple’s Steve Jobs
- CNBC’s Hayden Field (@haydenfield) reveals one potentially major and immediate consequence of the CEO fiasco as OpenAI competitor Hugging Face says it’s seeing increased interest from potential customers: OpenAI rival Hugging Face says it’s seeing more client interest after Sam Altman fiasco
- MIT Professors Daron Acemoglu (@DAcemogluMIT) and Simon Johnson’s Los Angeles Times op-ed argues that this moment for AI confirms that the technology is now firmly in the hands of people focused on speed and profits, at the expense of all else: Opinion: OpenAI’s drama marks a new and scary era in artificial intelligence
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