> 3 board members (joined with Ilya Sutskever, who is publicly defecting now) found themselves in a position to take over what used to be a 9-member board, and took full control of OpenAI and the subsidiary previously worth $90 billion.
er...what does that even mean? how can a board "take full control" of the thing they are the board for? they already have full control.
the actual facts are that the board, by majority vote, sacked the CEO and kicked someone else off the board.
then a lot of other stuff happened that's still becoming clear.
The board had 3 positions empty, people who left this year, leaving it as a 6-member board. Both Sam Altman and Greg Brockman were on the board; Ilya Sutskever's vote (which he now states he regrets) gave them the votes to remove both, and bring it down to a 4 member board controlled by 3 members that started the year as a small minority.
It says 3 board members found themselves in a position to take over OpenAI.
Do they mean we've seen Sam Altman and allies making a bid to take over the entire of OpenAI, through its weird Charity+LLC+Holding company+LLC+Microsoft structure, eschewing its goals of openness and safety in pursuit of short-sighted riches.
Or do they mean we've seen The Board making a bid to take over the entire of OpenAI, by ousting Glorious Leader Sam Altman, while his team was going from strength to strength?
er...what does that even mean? how can a board "take full control" of the thing they are the board for? they already have full control.
the actual facts are that the board, by majority vote, sacked the CEO and kicked someone else off the board.
then a lot of other stuff happened that's still becoming clear.