(🧵1/11) For the past year and a half, I've been investigating OpenAI and Sam Altman for @NewYorker. With my coauthor @andrewmarantz, I reviewed never-before-disclosed internal memos, obtained 200+ pages of documents related to a close colleague, including extensive private notes, and interviewed more than 100 people.
OpenAI was founded on the premise that A.I. could be the most dangerous invention in human history—and that its C.E.O. would need to be a person of uncommon integrity. We lay out the most detailed account yet of why Altman was ousted out by board members and executives who came to believe he lacked that integrity, and ask: were they right to allege that he couldn't be trusted?
A thread on some of of our findings:
When you stay at your usual hotel and their tea provisions are downgraded from TWG to Dilmah 🥲 and their welcome amenity drink goes from 1L to 300mL 🥺 and instead of the usual petit-fours you get a fruit bowl 😔 #inflation
Dear God how do I mute that olympic gold medalist's mother from all my platforms all this attention is exactly what she wants and we are helping her get it
IN PICTURES: Long queues are seen at Terminals 1 and 4 of Singapore's Changi Airport after a global IT outage. (Photos: CNA/Vanessa Lim, Try Sutrisno Foo, Marcus Mark Ramos) https://t.co/rgtWtyMGzA
Master Piece. A Japanese brand that specializes in "modern urban backpacks." Honestly, you can use them with anything, as they're just cool, middle-of-the-road designs that don't look too generic. I personally like the waterproof ones bc sometimes I carry my laptop in the rain
YOU CAN HELP AND ENJOY YUMMY FOOD AT THE SAME TIME!
16 Filipino- Palestinian families now live in this residential compound in suburban Manila slowly becoming known as “Little Gaza”. They fled the war in Gaza but since arriving in the Philippines, they’ve been moving from one place to another and surviving mostly with the help and support of activists and good Samaritans.
They say they don’t want to be dependent forever though, so they’ve started a food business.
I ordered a platter of chicken biryani rice today and no kidding it’s so good! They have other dishes too.
If you want to try them and help out Gaza refugees at the same time, they are at the Risen Garden of Quezon City Hall from 4pm on April 24 and April 25 the entire day.
Xolos is one of the ancient dog breed of the world, since the Maya and Aztec times. They were believed to guide the souls of the deceased through the underworld