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>>JimDab+(OP)
Listen.

I was confused when the whole thing was going down.

I was more confused when the whole "board wants to backtrack and maybe resign" thing was going down.

I got even more confused when Emmett Shear was announced as the CEO.

...but never in a hundred years would I have imagined "haha just join Microsoft" as an actual alternative.

I remain, confused.

>>lannis+E
All the claims about how OpenAI's board desperately wanted Altman back were based on leaks from "people close to Altman" which the press uncritically lapped up.

If it wasn't clear before, it should be clear in hindsight that the board's desire to welcome Altman back was, at best, overstated.

The leaks were probably an attempt to pressure the board or, failing that, undermine OpenAI.