Thursday Nov 30, 2023

21 - Technology Whisperers - Open AI, The Drama

Oh the Drama, Is this the next Netflix limited series?. In this special 'early release' episode Alistair and Sean take a look at the last 2 weeks and the significant corporate drama around what may arguably be the biggest tech company in the world right now, OpenAI, and their embattled CEO, Former CEO, again CEO Sam Altman.

Hot off the presses a OpenAI press release, made after our recording

https://openai.com/blog/sam-altman-returns-as-ceo-openai-has-a-new-initial-board

For a breakdown of events witha. timeline and some of the personalities involved:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-26/openai-sam-altman-board-inside-the-chaotic-week/103149570

A deeper dive into the makeup of OpenAI:
https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/what-is-openai

OpenAI: https://openai.com/

ChatGPT: https://openai.com/chatgpt

Q* (QStar): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q*

NVIDIA: https://www.nvidia.com

Microsoft: https://microsoft.com/ai

And for those interested a speculative deep dive into what Q* might actually be and why it really matters:

https://www.interconnects.ai/p/q-star