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This Week in Startups · 2025-01-29 · 63 min · 12,716 words

Boom Supersonic's Milestones, OpenAI Ethics, and Startup Tools | E2078

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Open AI, stole content. Everybody who leaves open AI start while the leadership that leaves starts another company. The flipping from a nonprofit to a for profit, there is definitely an ethical issue. Cap. Open AI specifically with Sam Altman, according to the people who work for him.

Now is he being unfairly treated? Is it Like a Everybody's ganging up on him for some reason. It doesn't feel that way. If it was one or two people, you could make that case, but when it's like 10 or 20 people, We're saying I have ethical problems and they fired him for ethics. It's interesting how the perspective on that is flipped because when the board fired Sam Alman, everyone in technology Twitter was like, This is ridiculous. The non-nerd are kicking out the nerds. Sam Melman's a genius.

Who is Who th this this person on the board has a PhD in art? And now we're like the board was right. This week in Startups is brought to you by Vanta.

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