Sam Altman & the Battle for OpenAI | Is OpenAI Out of the Woods? | 4

Business Wars

Wondery

History, Business, David Brown, Management

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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A lot has happened at OpenAI since that whiplash week in November 2023 when the board ousted its chief executive. There was an investigation to determine whether Sam Altman’s firing was just, and a lawsuit from OpenAI co-founder Elon Musk. Meanwhile, the company’s competition has been charging ahead. Julia Black, a reporter with The Information, joins host David Brown to break down the latest developments and shed light on where Sam Altman — and the future of AI — are going next.

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0:00.0	Wundery Plus subscribers can binge new seasons of Business Wars, ad free right now.
0:06.0	Join Wundery Plus in the Wundery app or on Apple Podcasts. I'm David Brown and this is Business Wars.
0:17.0	I'm David Brown and this is Business Wars. The The tech startup Open AI quickly became an industry leader after its founding in late 2015,
0:47.0	but as its technology became more and more powerful, there was drama at the top.
0:52.0	And we covered the attempt to oust its CEO in our latest series
0:55.5	Sam Altman in the battle for open AI, but this soap opera is still ongoing.
1:01.2	Since Altman was reinstated as CEO after the unsuccessful coup, the new board launched an independent investigation to determine whether his firing was justified.
1:11.0	They declared it wasn't, and Altman was allowed to resume the law. was
1:14.0	allowed to resume his membership on the board.
1:17.0	The report was thin on details, however, and disappointing to those
1:21.0	looking to understand the board's rationale in trying to remove Altman in the first place.
1:25.8	Our guest today is Julia Black reporter at the subscriber-based independent tech publication The Information
1:32.1	and she joins us to help us understand Open A.I.'s transformation from a mission-driven
1:36.9	AI company looking to save the world.
1:39.8	Into one that critics say is moving too quickly. We'll talk about Sam Altman's leadership, the
1:45.4	latest developments at Open AI, and whether the future of AI is in hands we can trust.
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