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Execs Jump Ship as OpenAI Goes For-Profit & The $100K NIL Controversy

Morning Brew Daily

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Business News, News, Business

4.43K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Episode 419: Neal and Toby discuss OpenAI’s restructuring into a for-profit company and why most of their executive team has decided to leave. Then, federal prosecutors charge NYC Mayor Eric Adams for allegedly accepting illegal bribes from foreign entities. Plus, a college football QB has decided to leave UNLV because he was promised $100K but the team it never happened. Meanwhile, long-time co-host of the ‘TODAY’ show Hoda Kotb announces her leaving after hitting a new milestone in her life. Lastly, another low-cost airline is reaching out to budget fliers looking to score a trip to Europe for under $100. Subscribe to Morning Brew Daily for more of the news you need to start your day. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app. To learn more about how Wise could work for your business, visit https://wise.com/business/  Get your Morning Brew Daily T-Shirt HERE: https://shop.morningbrew.com/products/morning-brew-radio-t-shirt?_pos=1&_sid=6b0bc409d&_ss=r&variant=45353879044316  Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here: https://link.chtbl.com/MBD Watch Morning Brew Daily Here: https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow 00:00 - Hurricane Helene  02:00 - OpenAI Shakeup  07:00 - NYC Mayor Indictment  13:20 - $100K QB NIL Conflict 18:30 - Hoda Kotb Leaving 'Today' Show 22:50 - Fly to Europe for Under $99 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Good morning Brew Daily Show, I'm Neil Freeman and I'm Toby Howell.

0:05.0

Today, how messy has college football become?

0:08.0

A quarterback abruptly left his 3-0 team because they weren't paying him enough.

0:12.0

Then Open AI said, you know what, let's make some team because they weren't paying him enough.

0:12.6

Then Open AI said, you know what, let's make some cash and is changing from a nonprofit to

0:17.6

a for-profit.

0:19.4

It's Friday, September 27th.

0:21.4

Let's ride.

0:31.4

We are of course following Helene which made landfall in Florida last night as a category for hurricane the strongest to ever hit the state's

0:35.0

big bend region. This was a massive storm with a wind field that stretched the

0:39.2

equivalent distance between Washington DC and Indianapolis and it's already caused unprecedented

0:44.9

flooding and record storm surges of up to 10 feet in some of Florida's

0:49.1

coastal communities. As of 6 a.m. this morning, more than 2 million customers were without power across Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.

0:57.0

Helene has now entered Georgia, and while it's weakened to a tropical storm, meteorologists say it's still extremely dangerous.

1:04.3

This is how you know this storm is and was bad.

1:07.4

Waffle House closed all of its locations in Tallahassee.

1:11.0

You remember if Waffle Houses are operating or not has actually been used by FEMA as an indicator of a storm's severity.

1:17.6

So to see them all shut down says a lot. Not only shut down too, I've been seeing pictures of them boarded up as well and that is not a site that you come across very often.

1:28.0

It does look like Helene has reduced an intensity. It is a tropical storm now, but we definitely hope that everyone in the region is staying safe.

1:36.0

Now let's take a moment to hear about our sponsor, Wise Business.

1:41.0

Sometimes when you're a business owner, it can feel like you're constantly chasing your money down.

1:45.0

It's like trying to ride a bucking bronco, hard to stay in control.

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