BREAKING: Sam Altman fired from OpenAI, chaos ensues! | E1851

(0:00) Sunny Madra goes live with Jason for an emergency Pod!
(1:23) Sam Altman was ousted from OpenAI, and Greg Brockman has quit in retaliation!
(6:44) The board’s accusations against Sam Altman
(10:27) Speculating on why Altman might have been fired: “no conflict, no interest”
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(13:22) Sam's extraordinary deal-making, lack of OpenAI shares, is Humane launch related?
(23:24) Analyzing the OpenAI and Microsoft relationship going forward
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(30:49) More theories: Corporate structure issues, DevDay impact
(34:29) OpenAI's growth prospects after switching from founder-led to not founder-led
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(38:30) Questions from live audience
(56:12) Final thoughts

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