Emergency Episode: OpenAI Fires Sam Altman & The Ongoing Drama

11/20/23 • 23 min

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AI For Humans: Making Artificial Intelligence Fun & Practical

The OpenAI Board on Friday dropped a bombshell: The biggest AI start-up was firing its CEO and Co-Founder Sam Altman. Then a weekend of chaos: Sam is going back, no, it’s a new CEO (Emmett Sheer from Twitch), Sam is hired by Microsoft or is he?

WHAT HAPPENED?

In our emergency episode, we catch you up on the timeline so far (in the most human of terms) and give you our thoughts on what all this means for the future of both ChatGPT / OpenAI and the overall AI world. We’re here to help you decode the weird world of AI and even insane news like this.

Be sure to follow us here and on our YT / TT handles for more updates as they happen.

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This story is ever changing so keep up to date with some of our favorite journalists: Kevin Roose & Mike Issac (NYT)

https://twitter.com/kevinroose

https://twitter.com/MikeIsaac

Kara Swisher (NYMag / Pivot)

https://twitter.com/karaswisher

Ashlee Vance (Bloomberg)

https://twitter.com/ashleevance

The Information https://twitter.com/theinformation

And, of course, our friend Carly P Reilly

https://youtu.be/J2yMho94wu0?si=Wnitj_WMxzGBfIvc

WHAT HAPPENED?

Be sure to follow us here and on our YT / TT handles for more updates as they happen.

AI For Humans on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCghJTNTO9kcDeUFXMuSDGLQ

AI For Humans on TT:

https://www.tiktok.com/@aiforhumansshow

This story is ever changing so keep up to date with some of our favorite journalists: Kevin Roose & Mike Issac (NYT)

https://twitter.com/kevinroose

https://twitter.com/MikeIsaac

Kara Swisher (NYMag / Pivot)

https://twitter.com/karaswisher

Ashlee Vance (Bloomberg)

https://twitter.com/ashleevance

The Information https://twitter.com/theinformation

And, of course, our friend Carly P Reilly

https://youtu.be/J2yMho94wu0?si=Wnitj_WMxzGBfIvc

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You Can Make an AI Chatbot, Humane’s AI Wearable & Chat With "Internet Comment Eric" | AI For Humans Ep32

This week... GPTs took over the internet, OpenAI is training GPT-5, there’s a new AI wearable from Humane the SAG/AFTRA strike decided on AI and OH SO MUCH MORE.

Plus, Kevin show’s off Coqui’s new text-to-speech model, Gavin made Ralph the Robot Cartoonist with GPT & you can use it, Good Guy AI stops in to tell us about AI helping make oxygen from water on MARS

AND THEN...

It’s an A4H Interview with Internet Comment Eric, one of the funniest creators on YouTube and anywhere else you get your dumb stuff. We discuss AI, creativity and even Skibidi Toilet because that’s how deep we roll.

Oh and don’t forget our AI co-host this week, Bianca Lux, the wedding planner for Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez who, it turns out, has an affinity for MONSTER MILK.

It's an endless cavalcade of ridiculous and informative AI news, AI tools, and AI entertainment cooked up just for you.

Join our vibrant community on TikTok @aiforhumansshow

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/// Show links ///

Ralph The Robot Cartoonist

https://chat.openai.com/g/g-iw6KKUMwd-ralph-the-robot-cartoonist

Coqui AI TTS

https://huggingface.co/coqui

Sam Altman in the Financial Times

https://www.ft.com/content/dd9ba2f6-f509-42f0-8e97-4271c7b84ded

OpenAI Offers 10m Pay Packages

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openais-new-tack-in-talent-war-with-google-promising-recruits-a-quick-stock-bump

Humane AI Pin

https://hu.ma.ne/aipin

Justine Bateman Slams SAG/AFTRA

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/justine-bateman-slams-sag-aftra-tentative-deal-ai-provisions-1235644976/

AI Helps Get Oxygen From Water on Mars?

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03522-4

Internet Comment Eric’s YT Channel

https://www.youtube.com/@commentiquette

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