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  • Altman beats OpenAI board and returns as CEO after stormy exit

    mpantone said:
    Obviously the intention was to kill off the company. Some serious litigation is in order methinks.
    Whose intention?

    Certainly not Altman's. He had a large equity stake in the company. It was his baby.

    Certainly not the board of directors. They represent the shareholders.

    Certainly not Microsoft. They have 49% ownership. Destroying OpenAI would mean flushing most of their investment stake down the toilet. (That's what Elon Musk is singlehandedly in the process of doing with X/Twitter.)

    My hunch (unsubstantiated) is that the BOD identified irregularities that pointed to fraudulent behavior by Altman, akin to Elizabeth Holmes (Theranos) and Sam Bankman-Fried (FTX). Liars don't commit just one lie. Lying permeates almost everything they do. Not just their business dealings, also their personal lives.

    If the boards of Theranos and FTX had identified such issues early enough with Holmes and SBF, those companies might still exist today.

    We won't learn what it is but some general information will probably come to light someday. Not today, not tomorrow, but the reasons won't stay hidden forever.

    Remember that this is a privately held company that lost -$540 million on revenues of $28 million in 2022.

    Silicon Valley is pretty small. My guess is that the biggest and best connected venture capitalists and IP law firms already have an idea of what went wrong.

    The shareholders can revolt and elect a new BOD but Microsoft has 49% control. My guess is that some minority shareholder, probably some bigshot VC got suspicious from Altman's behavior, started poking around and found something rotten.

    The people who would benefit from an OpenAI collapse are the competitors, companies like Alphabet, Meta, maybe Amazon, IBM, a bunch of startups, etc. Maybe a disgruntled former OpenAI employee, a jilted lover (we saw SBF's former girlfriend testify against him). But not someone with a sizable equity stake in OpenAI.

    Silicon Valley has plenty of hubris and guys like Altman have an excess of it. Executives like Holmes and SBF have made people see red flags when people talk it up without showing real results (that is, profitability). My guess is that this will eventually end up with legal action against Altman and possibly other senior execs. The CFO would come under heavy scrutiny, there's always a money trail behind any sort of corporate shenanigans.

    "Fake it until you make it" is not a real business strategy in the real world. That might be fine in a movie but it doesn't work in high tech especially when you're playing with someone else's money. The numbers eventually don't add up.

    This is going to get more interesting.
    It’s funny how far wrong you are. Almost the entire company wants to come over with Altman whom is still backed and now hired by Microsoft. 
    williamlondonradarthekat
  • There is a big interest in an iPhone Fold, well ahead of any launch

    JP234 said:
    I hope this abomination in the eyes of Jobs never sees the light of day. It's cringe-worthy tech, and just a placeholder while we wait for the heads-up virtual display.
    People said the same thing about talk of larger screen iPhones and a pencil for the iPads and the bumps for the cameras and so on and so forth. You guys always bitch and say they will never happen but they continue to happen thankfully. I’m glad you guys are always wrong. 
    aaplfanboyJapheyJP234Anilu_777muthuk_vanalingamravnorodombluefire1watto_cobrajony0
  • Apple breaks silence on iPhone 14 Pro impact from COVID

    But everyone here said the other reports were a false narrative and they same the same thing every year. Is it still fake if Apple states it?
    avon b7tyler82
  • Preorders for iPhone 14, AirPods Pro 2 have started

    Wow! I can still order what I want and it’ll still get here on launch day. 
    watto_cobra
  • India the latest country that may require Apple to shift to USB-C for the iPhone

    rob53 said:
    Doesn't India drive on the wrong side of the road requiring car manufacturers to build different versions? When will those countries be required to change their cars so they match ours? /s This is how stupid all these mandates are. Next thing countries will do if force everyone to be right-handed.
    Well, Apple needs to get with the program and put USB-C in so the world can be one one standard charger. 
    elijahgmuthuk_vanalingam