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>>modele+(OP)
OpenAi is also being investigated by the SEC. If "Altman hadn’t been consistently candid in his communications with the board" is interpreted as being misleading then that could be interpreted as misleading investors and therefore securities fraud.

https://www.wsj.com/tech/sec-investigating-whether-openai-in...

>>helsin+al
Isn’t everything securities fraud though

>>klysm+qW
The only way to truly make a ton of wealth is to break rules that others follow.

>>dartos+U11
This statement represents the complete disintegration of the optimism that ruled in the 90s and before when we ardently believed that networking and communication amongst people would increase understanding and improve lives by ensuring no one would be cut off from the common wisdom and knowledge of humanity. While robber baron economics certainly appeal to a lot of robber barons, the twentieth century pretty decisively shows that prosperity at the median makes society progress much faster and more thoroughly than anything else. One used to hear of noblesse oblige, the duty of those with much to help. One used to hear about the great common task of humanity, which we aspire to make a contribution to.

>>lansti+M61
> optimism that ruled in the 90s

This is such an interesting take, about which we could probably write whole paragraphs.

Can the 90s be really summarized in such way? Yes, we had the "information highway" and "waiting for year 2000", but at the same time people distrusted their governments. X-files was all the rage, maybe grunge.

In USA there was Bill Clinton - the president that didnt do any wars and balanced the budget.. who got removed for blowjobs. But at the same time there was outsourcing. In rest of the world it also cannot be summed up so easily - I remember that 90s were a struggle, especially for post communism countries.

Obviously later on we got cell phones, but we also got the cancer such as Jack Welch style management that lead to various methods of enshittyfying everything.

I had a talk some time ago - I have a genuine polo bought in a supermarket in the 1980s (wont tell the brand since it is irrelevant). This piece of cloth feels and fits very well - after 40 years. It was worn through many summers. Now I cant buy a polo shirt that will last more than 2 seasons. And I buy the "better" ones. There is lots of crap that falls apart fast. For me the 90s were a start of that trend - enshittification of products that are designed to last 25 months (with a 24 month guarantee) and be thrown away.

But maybe it depends on life experience and anecdotes.

Was there optimism in 90s? Lots of it in marketing materials. But did people really believe that?

>>rvba+2h1
> who got removed for blowjobs.

He was impeached but not removed.

>>seanmc+Jh1
And it wasn't for having sex, it was for having sex with an intern. This is textbook sexual harassment.

I'd get fired from Chuck-E-Cheese for doing that, but hey, old boys will be old boys.

>>vkou+zq1
Oh it gets better than that: he didn't even get impeached for the blowjob, it was just for lying about the blowjob. If he told the truth up front, it would have been out of the news cycle in a week or two.