saturday ai reads for 2023-11-18

programming note: this seemed important enough to start our hiatus a day later

📺 IN THE NEWS: LEADERSHIP CHANGES AT OPEN AI

official statements

• OpenAI announces leadership transition Open AI Blog

• A statement from Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella Official Microsoft Blog

• Sam Altman, Twitter (sorry)

summary

• Sam Altman Is Out at OpenAI After Board Skirmish — CEO ousted amid safety concerns tied to rapid expansion of commercial offerings   Wall Street Journal (gift article)

details

• Meet Mira Murati, the Engineer Now Leading OpenAI — The company’s interim C.E.O. has been managing the development and distribution of ChatGPT and DALL-E for years.   The New York Times

• OpenAI President Greg Brockman quits as shocked employees hold all-hands meeting — Details emerge in Sam Altman firing, which blindsided Microsoft and investors.   Ars Technica

• Three Senior OpenAI Researchers Resign as Crisis Deepens The Information ($)

• Employees Disagreed Over AI ‘Safety’ The Information ($)andand

➕ ANOTHER THING

• Yejin Choi Unconfuse Me with Bill Gates

  • on ai research, math tutoring, and “Virtual Insanity”

  • transcript [PDF]