OpenAI Imploded - TechLinked Nov. 20, 2023

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PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM

Sam Altman’s wacky wet and wild weekend

OpenAI board fires Sam https://openai.com/blog/openai-announces-leadership-transition

Greg Brockman also removed as chairman https://lmg.gg/52ach

details trickled out: was it Ilya? https://twitter.com/gdb/status/1725736242137182594

Sam reportedly seeking investors for new chip company to rival Nvidia https://fortune.com/2023/11/19/sam-altman-was-fundraising-for-chip-venture-to-rival-nvidia-before-openai-ouster/

OpenAI board https://lmg.gg/c4Nn7

confirmed Sam wasn’t fired for malfeasance https://www.fastcompany.com/90985880/openai-brad-lightcap-sam-altman-memo

Briefly looked like Sam would come back https://lmg.gg/fhNDj

Then OpenAI offered Twitch co-founder Emmet Shear the job https://twitter.com/eshear/status/1726526112019382275

Shear wants to slow down AI development https://twitter.com/eshear/status/1703148152138977363?t=GnGuadOVMmghg7oRJ9FjMQ&s=19

Maybe so he can have his CEO job for longer than 5 minutes https://twitter.com/eshear/status/1725035977524355411

Microsoft hires Sam https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-20/openai-s-board-hires-former-twitch-executive-shear-as-ceo#xj4y7vzkg

505 of 700 OpenAI employees threaten to join Microsoft unless board resigns https://twitter.com/karaswisher/status/1726599700961521762

Rose to 650 / 770 later in the morning https://twitter.com/lilianweng/status/1726634736943280270

SIGNED BY ILYA? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_YcDpwXcAARPJ_?format=jpg&name=large

Ilya feels bad https://twitter.com/ilyasut/status/1726590052392956028

Greg hearted the tweet https://twitter.com/gdb/status/1726598594948735256

Possible Interim CEO Mura Murati liked Sam’s tweet https://twitter.com/miramurati/status/1726126391626985793

But if OpenAI board is switched up, Sam might still come back?? https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/20/23969586/sam-altman-plotting-return-open-ai-microsoft

“some way or other” https://twitter.com/sama/status/1726668687577665572

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella – we remain committed to OpenAI
https://twitter.com/satyanadella/status/1726509045803336122
also hey how about a board seat https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-eyes-seat-on-openais-revamped-board

OpenAI company structure is really weird https://lmg.gg/ESHxb

 

E2E? MORE LIKE L0L HAHA OKAY

Sunbird, company behind Nothing Chats, has access to every message sent

https://texts.blog/2023/11/18/sunbird-security/

https://9to5google.com/2023/11/18/nothing-chats-sunbird-unencrypted-data-privacy-nightmare/

https://twitter.com/evowizz/status/1725872540873081000

Sunbird claims to use E2E, collect no data on users https://www.sunbirdapp.com/sunbird-stance-on-privacy-and-security

Sunbird responds https://lmg.gg/W8Szx

Nothing removes Chats beta from Play Store due to “several bugs” lol

https://twitter.com/nothing/status/1725902458189119690

Sunbird puts services “on hold” https://lmg.gg/BRs2v

Developer banned from Sunbird Discord after making tool that deletes stored data https://twitter.com/batuhan/status/1725985096463724838

delay the launch lol https://twitter.com/evowizz/status/1725907186323263687

 

QUICK BITS

 

LET ‘ER RIP (NEW PUN)

Threadripper 7980X & 7970X reviews say that it’s good

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/amd-threadripper-7000-review/

https://www.anandtech.com/show/21124/amd-ryzen-threadripper-7980x-and-7970x-review

https://www.amd.com/en/products/cpu/amd-ryzen-threadripper-7980x

Level1Techs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG0Al4_tnzU

Der8auer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnUBYgieQYU

Hardware Unboxed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs-ryXHOtBs

 

WAIT! THEY DON’T LOVE U LIKE I LOVE U

YouTube seems to be intentionally slowing itself down on Firefox, Safari

https://www.neowin.net/news/youtube-seemingly-intentionally-crippled-and-slow-on-firefox-while-google-chrome-works-fine/

https://twitter.com/endermanch/status/1726602144097395150

https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/17ywbjj/comment/k9w3ei4

Safari too? https://twitter.com/uwukko/status/1726625892620009501

https://cybernews.com/tech/firefox-users-frustrated-over-alleged-delay-on-youtube/

 

MAD STACKS

Nvidia, SK Hynix working together on new GPU paradigm with stacked HBM4 memory

https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-and-sk-hynix-allegedly-team-up-on-major-gpu-overhaul

https://www-joongang-co-kr.translate.goog/article/25208300?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp#home

https://www.guru3d.com/data/publish/221/9710ead2d3904a4e003d5605d40cc25cf97955/78879789.webp

https://www.guru3d.com/story/sk-hynix-and-nvidia-collaborate-on-innovative-gpu-redesign-integrating-hbm4-memory-directly-on-processors/

 

CORE MISSION

Intel Lunar Lake-MX SoC leaked presentation reveals some details

https://www.techpowerup.com/315941/intel-lunar-lake-mx-soc-with-on-package-lpddr5x-memory-detailed

on-package memory https://cdn.wccftech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/LUNAR-LAKE-04-1456x773.jpg

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-lunar-lake-mx-leak-44-cpu-cores-8-xe2-gpu-cores-tsmc-n3b-node-and-displayport-2-1-support

https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/intel-meteor-arrow-lunar-panther-lakes-discussion-threads.2606448/page-142#post-41110064

 

SCREENSHOTS OR IT DIDN’T HAPPEN

Nvidia sued by auto tech company Valeo after ex-employee convicted of stealing trade secrets

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2023/11/17/caught-by-screen-sharing-lawsuit-claims-santa-clara-chip-titan-nvidia-stole-rivals-secrets/

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-accused-of-stealing-trade-secrets-in-automotive-technology-lawsuit

lawsuit https://unicourt.com/case/pc-db5-casegu3fdda61c8297-1693786?init_S=ct_ltst