Ed Zitron

I want to tell you all about how Adam Masseri destroyed Instagram. And I want to tell you how little Sam Altman has achieved other than making him and his friends rich. See you next time.

I want to tell you all about how Adam Masseri destroyed Instagram. And I want to tell you how little Sam Altman has achieved other than making him and his friends rich. See you next time.

I want to tell you all about how Adam Masseri destroyed Instagram. And I want to tell you how little Sam Altman has achieved other than making him and his friends rich. See you next time.

Hello and welcome to Better Offline. I'm your host, Ed Zetron. As I discussed in the last episode, Sam Altman has spent more than a decade accumulating power and wealth in Silicon Valley without ever having to actually build anything.

Hello and welcome to Better Offline. I'm your host, Ed Zetron. As I discussed in the last episode, Sam Altman has spent more than a decade accumulating power and wealth in Silicon Valley without ever having to actually build anything.

Hello and welcome to Better Offline. I'm your host, Ed Zetron. As I discussed in the last episode, Sam Altman has spent more than a decade accumulating power and wealth in Silicon Valley without ever having to actually build anything.

Using a network of tech industry all-stars like LinkedIn co-founder and investor Reid Hoffman and Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky to insulate himself from responsibility and accountability. Yet things are beginning to fall apart as years of half-baked ideas and terrible, terrible product decisions have kind of made society sour on the tech industry.

Using a network of tech industry all-stars like LinkedIn co-founder and investor Reid Hoffman and Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky to insulate himself from responsibility and accountability. Yet things are beginning to fall apart as years of half-baked ideas and terrible, terrible product decisions have kind of made society sour on the tech industry.

Using a network of tech industry all-stars like LinkedIn co-founder and investor Reid Hoffman and Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky to insulate himself from responsibility and accountability. Yet things are beginning to fall apart as years of half-baked ideas and terrible, terrible product decisions have kind of made society sour on the tech industry.

And the last month has been particularly difficult for Sam, starting with the chaos caused by OpenAI blatantly mimicking Scarlett Johansson's voice for the new version of ChatGPT, followed by the resignation of researchers who claim that OpenAI prioritized, and I quote, shiny products over AI safety, after the dissolution of OpenAI's safety team. I know, it's almost cliche.

And the last month has been particularly difficult for Sam, starting with the chaos caused by OpenAI blatantly mimicking Scarlett Johansson's voice for the new version of ChatGPT, followed by the resignation of researchers who claim that OpenAI prioritized, and I quote, shiny products over AI safety, after the dissolution of OpenAI's safety team. I know, it's almost cliche.

And the last month has been particularly difficult for Sam, starting with the chaos caused by OpenAI blatantly mimicking Scarlett Johansson's voice for the new version of ChatGPT, followed by the resignation of researchers who claim that OpenAI prioritized, and I quote, shiny products over AI safety, after the dissolution of OpenAI's safety team. I know, it's almost cliche.

Shortly thereafter, former OpenAI board member Helen Toner revealed that Sam Altman was fired from OpenAI because of a regular pattern of deception, one where Altman would give inaccurate info about the company's safety processes on multiple occasions, and his deceit was so severe that OpenAI's board only found out about the launch of ChatGPT, which by the way is OpenAI's

Shortly thereafter, former OpenAI board member Helen Toner revealed that Sam Altman was fired from OpenAI because of a regular pattern of deception, one where Altman would give inaccurate info about the company's safety processes on multiple occasions, and his deceit was so severe that OpenAI's board only found out about the launch of ChatGPT, which by the way is OpenAI's

Shortly thereafter, former OpenAI board member Helen Toner revealed that Sam Altman was fired from OpenAI because of a regular pattern of deception, one where Altman would give inaccurate info about the company's safety processes on multiple occasions, and his deceit was so severe that OpenAI's board only found out about the launch of ChatGPT, which by the way is OpenAI's

First product that really made money, arguably the biggest product in tech. You wanna know how they found out about it? Well, they found out when they were browsing Twitter. They found out then, not from the CEO of OpenAI, the company which they were the board of. Very weird.

First product that really made money, arguably the biggest product in tech. You wanna know how they found out about it? Well, they found out when they were browsing Twitter. They found out then, not from the CEO of OpenAI, the company which they were the board of. Very weird.

First product that really made money, arguably the biggest product in tech. You wanna know how they found out about it? Well, they found out when they were browsing Twitter. They found out then, not from the CEO of OpenAI, the company which they were the board of. Very weird.

Toner also noted that Altman was an aggressive political player, with the board, correctly by the way, worrying that, and I quote again, "...that if Sam Altman had any inkling that the board might do something that went against him, he'd pull out all the stops, do everything in his power to undermine the board, and to prevent them from even getting to the point of being able to fire him."

Toner also noted that Altman was an aggressive political player, with the board, correctly by the way, worrying that, and I quote again, "...that if Sam Altman had any inkling that the board might do something that went against him, he'd pull out all the stops, do everything in his power to undermine the board, and to prevent them from even getting to the point of being able to fire him."