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1. cowl+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-11-18 01:10:12
What is confusing here is Why would Greg have agreed to the language in the press release (that he would be staying in the company and report to the CEO) only to resign 1 hour later. Surely the press release would not have contained that information without the his agreement that he would be staying.
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2. tsunam+01[view] [source] 2023-11-18 01:16:16
>>cowl+(OP)
Ha Most people don’t know how slipshod these things go. Succession had it right when people were always fighting over the PR release trying to change each others statements.
3. mrandi+i6[view] [source] 2023-11-18 01:48:22
>>cowl+(OP)
> Why would Greg have agreed to the language in the press release

We have no evidence he agreed or didn't agree to the wording. A quorum of the board met, probably without the chairman, and voted the CEO of the company and the chairman of the board out. The chairman also happens to have a job as the President of the company. The President role reports to the CEO, not the board. Typically, a BOD would not fire a President, the CEO would. The board's statement said the President would continue reporting to the CEO (now a different person) - clarifying that the dismissal as board chairman was separate from his role as a company employee.

Based on the careful wording of the board's statement as well as Greg's tweet, I suspect he wasn't present at the vote nor would he be eligible to vote regarding his own position as chairman. Following this, the remaining board members convened with their newly appointed CEO and drafted a public statement from the company and board.

4. dekhn+Ds[view] [source] 2023-11-18 04:36:47
>>cowl+(OP)
He didn't. Greg was informed after Sam (I'm assuming the various bits being flung about by Swisher are true; she gets a free pass on things like this), so I think the sequence was: a subset of the board meets, forms quorum, votes to terminate Sam and remove Greg as chair (without telling him). Then they write the PR, and around the same time, let Sam and then Greg know. If OpenAI were a government, this would be called a coup.
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5. mkl+6G[view] [source] 2023-11-18 06:16:43
>>cowl+(OP)
He didn't. From https://sfstandard.com/2023/11/17/openai-sam-altman-firing-b...:

> When Altman logged into the meeting, Brockman wrote, the entire OpenAI board was present—except for Brockman. Sutskever informed Altman he was being fired.

> Brockman said that soon after, he had a call with the board, where he was informed that he would be removed from his board position and that Altman had been fired. Then, OpenAI published a blog post sharing the news of Altman’s ouster.

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6. brohee+2J[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-11-18 06:48:25
>>dekhn+Ds
Governments fall all the time in non-coup. They just lost majority.
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7. userna+JR[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-11-18 08:10:27
>>brohee+2J
Rushing out a press release with vague accusations and without consulting the relevant parties certainly feels more like a coup than a traditional vote of no confidence.
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