Two predictions:

(1) Unless there is public litigation in involved, OpenAI will not disclose the reason in susbtantial detail.

(2) It will not, more than momentarily, disrupt the whole AI market if they do not.

(If it is something that will disrupt the whole AI market, there is likely to be litigation and public information about the basis of the firing.)

Nobody will give a sht in a month.

Love your quote there: impact finite when speculation isn’t infinite

Hi fellow Zappa fan.

My view is that medium- and long- terms are determined by fundamentals of what the technology actually delivers.

OpenAI and ChatGPT are great and gets a lot of mind-share. But they are far from the only game in town and, at this still very-early stage of the tech cycle, the outwardly-visible leader can easily change in months.

Kara swisher is reporting it’s a conflict between business goals and nonprofit goals. Unless there’s some conflicting reporting coming out soon, that probably enough to tamp down any speculation that will undermine the whole ai market.

The average user of ChatGPT has no idea who Sam Altman is.