Caius Tenche

Founder @themotofilmfest | Culture, art, music, design, two and four-wheeled things; whatever piques my interest.

[Caius Tenche @ctenche]

@clairevo I hear your Bill Callahan reference. 😄 Well done.

[Caius Tenche @ctenche]

@andreysuperior Ok, the note map is cool and all but how does the AI use it?

[Caius Tenche @ctenche]

I am feeling heard. 😌

[Christopher Stanley @cstanley]

BREAKING: Man decides to keep box of random cables he’s had since 2002 for another year.

[Caius Tenche @ctenche]

@Trubador11 @CityNewsTO Absolutely right.

[Caius Tenche @ctenche]

@cityoftoronto An incredible waste of resources that could have been better spent elsewhere. And on top of that, what a horrible name. Surely there must have been some better options – perhaps something that better reflects Canadian culture. Dumb move CoT 👎

[Caius Tenche @ctenche]

@CP24 Idiotic. What a waste of money. It's a name. Move on.

[Caius Tenche @ctenche]

@TorontoStar Why??? This is what the city should be spending resources on? And of all people?!

[Caius Tenche @ctenche]

@MayorOliviaChow @CityNewsTO Glad to see some things are being done to try to alleviate the problem with downtown traffic. Let’s monitor and adjust.

[Caius Tenche @ctenche]

This is both humourous, mind bending, and I love it. What an amazing thing to reflect on.

[World of Engineering @engineers_feed]

If we are made of atoms then a scientist studying atoms is actually a group of atoms studying itself..

[Caius Tenche @ctenche]

@MsAdrianBlack That was great. Thanks for sharing it.

[Caius Tenche @ctenche]

Eye-opening examples of what’s possible today. Now fwd a few years…

[Rowan Cheung @rowancheung]

AI video generation is getting shockingly good.

In a couple of years, anyone will be able to create a movie from a smartphone- we're entering a whole new era of film.

Here are some of the best examples I've seen:

[Caius Tenche @ctenche]

@levie I can’t believe she had to be told that it was inappropriate. I don’t get it.

[Caius Tenche @ctenche]

If you’re following the saga, @satyanadella is going to speak at 6 pm ET.

[Bloomberg @business]

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who hired Sam Altman from OpenAI after the board ousted him, joins Bloomberg TV at 6 pm ET. Tune in here ➡️ https://t.co/FcF5h8oYDZ

[Caius Tenche @ctenche]

Here it is...the script for the upcoming OpenAI series on Netflix.

[Caius Tenche @ctenche]

@constantinesis @rowancheung @alexeheath @reckless @verge I'm wondering the same thing. I can't imagine Satya being okay with that after his public announcement...unless part of that plan constitutes a restructure of OAI with MSFT taking majority ownership. We'll see.

[Caius Tenche @ctenche]

@ctjlewis Is this even possible now that @satyanadella announced @sama and @gdb coming onboard?

[Caius Tenche @ctenche]

The PPS is a head scratcher and hints to the possibility that this was all about the pace of monetization? Maybe?

[Emmett Shear @eshear]

Today I got a call inviting me to consider a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: to become the interim CEO of @OpenAI. After consulting with my family and reflecting on it for just a few hours, I accepted. I had recently resigned from my role as CEO of Twitch due to the birth of my now 9 month old son. Spending time with him has been every bit as rewarding as I thought it would be, and I was happily avoiding full time employment. I took this job because I believe that OpenAI is one of the most important companies currently in existence. When the board shared the situation and asked me to take the role, I did not make the decision lightly. Ultimately I felt that I had a duty to help if I could.

I have spent today drinking from the firehose as much as possible, speaking with the board, a small number of major partners, and listening to employees. Our partnership with Microsoft remains strong, and my priority in the coming weeks will be to make sure we continue to serve all our customers well. OpenAI employees are extremely impressive, as you might have guessed, and mission-driven in the extreme. And it’s clear that the process and communications around Sam’s removal has been handled very badly, which has seriously damaged our trust.

I have a three point plan for the next 30 days:
- Hire an independent investigator to dig into the entire process leading up to this point and generate a full report.
- Continue to speak to as many of our employees, partners, investors, and customers as possible, take good notes, and share the key takeaways.
- Reform the management and leadership team in light of recent departures into an effective force to drive results for our customers.

Depending on the results everything we learn from these, I will drive changes in the organization — up to and including pushing strongly for significant governance changes if necessary. I will be rolling these out as they become clear over the 30 day period. OpenAI’s stability and success are too important to allow turmoil to disrupt them like this. I will endeavor to address the key concerns as well, although in many cases I believe it may take longer than a month to achieve true progress.

I have nothing but respect for what Sam and the entire OpenAI team have built. It’s not just an incredible research project and software product, but an incredible company. I’m here because I know that, and I want to do everything in my power to protect it and grow it further.

It's now 1am and I'll pick this up tomorrow.

PS: I am posting this here both because I think it’s in the general public interest to know in this case, but please don’t expect all future internal comms to come through a public channel.

PPS: Before I took the job, I checked on the reasoning behind the change. The board did *not* remove Sam over any specific disagreement on safety, their reasoning was completely different from that. I'm not crazy enough to take this job without board support for commercializing our awesome models.

[Caius Tenche @ctenche]

The drama unfolding at @OpenAI is more gripping than any TV show ever. No group of writers could ever have come up with all of the twists and turns we've seen since Friday. And now this...signed by more Mira and Ilya. 🤯

[Caius Tenche @ctenche]

@thegarrettscott Bah! You got me 😂

[Caius Tenche @ctenche]

@nabeelqu I mean, if you want to stick to just messaging there’s no reason why you can’t delete all the social media apps and browser off your phone. 🤷‍♂️