Greg Brockman (OpenAI 的 President) 宣佈離職

OpenAI 的 President,Greg Brockman 宣佈離職:

不過更重要的是後續的說明,看起來是與 Sam Altman 聯合起來整理情況,算是另外一邊第一手的資料?

目前主要是一些時間線的呈現,分別被解任與拔除 President。

這邊講的 Ilya 是 Ilya Sutskever,在 Sam Altman 被幹掉後有些八卦傳言有提到他,不過目前 Cofounders 這邊還沒直接開火,沒辦法驗證更多資訊,再繼續等看看有沒有什麼資訊還會冒出來...

Sam Altman (OpenAI 的 CEO) 被幹掉

Hacker News 首頁變得超卡,通常代表有大事... 看了一下 top 1 的文章,oh 幹這件事情很大條:「OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman (openai.com)」。

OpenAI 的公告在「OpenAI announces leadership transition」這邊。

官方給了很嚴重的指控:

Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities. The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI.

In a statement, the board of directors said: “OpenAI was deliberately structured to advance our mission: to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all humanity. The board remains fully committed to serving this mission. We are grateful for Sam’s many contributions to the founding and growth of OpenAI. At the same time, we believe new leadership is necessary as we move forward. As the leader of the company’s research, product, and safety functions, Mira is exceptionally qualified to step into the role of interim CEO. We have the utmost confidence in her ability to lead OpenAI during this transition period.”

這邊就用 ChatGPT 來翻譯好了:

奧特曼先生的離職是在董事會進行了深思熟慮的審查過程之後,董事會得出結論認為他在與董事會的溝通中並不總是坦率,這阻礙了董事會行使其職責的能力。董事會不再對他繼續領導OpenAI的能力有信心。

董事會在一份聲明中表示:“OpenAI是有意識地建立起來,以推進我們的使命:確保人工通用智能造福全人類。董事會仍然全力致力於服務於這一使命。我們感謝山姆對OpenAI創立和成長所做的許多貢獻。同時,我們認為隨著我們向前邁進,需要新的領導層。作為公司研究、產品和安全功能的負責人,米拉非常適合擔任臨時首席執行官的角色。我們對她在這個過渡時期領導OpenAI的能力充滿信心。”

現在 X (Twitter) 上面也有不少人在討論 (八卦),但看起來只能先讓子彈飛一下...

Automattic 重整 Tumblr 團隊的內部消息

waxpancake這邊看到的,是一個從內部洩漏的 screenshot,後來 Automattic 的 CEO,Matt Mullenweg,在 Tumblr 上面把完整的內容都放出來,並且加上他的一些說明 (包括了一些內部的 team name 以及他的想法):「Translation of Internalspeak to Externalspeak」。

官方的說法主要就是不賺錢,所以除了客服團隊 (下面提到的 Happiness) 與 Trust & Safety 團隊 (下面提到的 T&S) 外,其他的成員將會被轉移到內部其他的計畫上:

This plan is happening now: the majority of the 139 people in Bumblr will switch to other divisions. No plans for any switches in Happiness or T&S.

"Happiness" is our term for customer support, and "T&S" means trust and safety, which is the team that works on fighting bots, spam, dealing with illegal stuff, etc.

接著有大致提到轉移的過程會是怎麼樣,另外後面提到時間表:

The switchovers will happen on December 31, so we start 2024 completely fresh.

另外在 The Verge 上面的「What is going on with Tumblr?」有另外的說法,不是所有人都有換團隊的權利,很多就直接 layoff 了:

"The majority of the 139 people in Bumblr will switch to other divisions"

This is not what is happening. Many people have been let go (under the guise of performance) and in the past week the pace picked up from individuals to entire teams. Automattic seems adamant these are not layoffs, but people dissapear instantly without being offered alternative teams.

先回到 Tumblr 的情況來看,之後應該就是維護模式了。

Zoom 不提供 End-to-end Encryption 給免費版用戶

Zoom 解釋免費版將不會有 End-to-end encryption 的時候,大家都傻翻了:「Zoom's Commitment to User Security Depends on Whether you Pay It or Not」,這邊 Bruce Schneier 引用了 Bloomberg 對 Zoom 的 CEO 袁征的訪談:「Zoom Transforms Hype Into Huge Jump in Sales, Customers」。

Corporate clients will get access to Zoom’s end-to-end encryption service now being developed, but Yuan said free users won’t enjoy that level of privacy, which makes it impossible for third parties to decipher communications.

“Free users for sure we don’t want to give that because we also want to work together with FBI, with local law enforcement in case some people use Zoom for a bad purpose,” Yuan said on the call.

繼續看隔壁棚的發展...

Intel CEO 做的真不錯 XDDD

在發生爆發前一個月把自家 Intel 的股票賣到最低限度 XDDD:「Intel was aware of the chip vulnerability when its CEO sold off $24 million in company stock」,引用的新聞是「Intel's CEO Just Sold a Lot of Stock」:

On Nov. 29, Brian Krzanich, the CEO of chip giant Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), reported several transactions in Intel stock in a Form 4 filing with the SEC.

所以十一月底的時候賣掉... 只保留 CEO 最低限額 250 張:

Those two transactions left Krzanich with exactly 250,000 shares -- the bare minimum that he's required to hold as CEO.

來看看獲利會不會被追回 XDDD

Cloudflare 的 CEO 將被傳喚說明濫用權力

Cloudflare 的 CEO Matthew Prince,將會被法院傳喚說明 Cloudflare 在沒有收到法院傳票的情況下就終止服務的原因,以及一直不肯在沒有法院傳票的情況下移除盜版網站的 policy:「Cloudflare CEO Has to Explain Lack of Pirate Site Terminations」。

預期會有兩件事情被拿出來訊問,第一件是推廣新納粹主義以及白人優越主義The Daily Stormer 被主動終止服務:

In August, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince decided to terminate the account of controversial neo-Nazi site Daily Stormer.

第二件是終止網頁挖礦的服務:

Just a few days ago Cloudflare suspended the account of a customer for using a cryptocurrency miner. Apparently, Cloudflare classifies these miners as malware, triggering a punishment without a court order.

應該會有很精彩的結論 (對 Cloudflare 不利),來等著看戲...

Uber 在倫敦將會被停業

Uber 在倫敦將會被停業:「Uber has license to operate in London revoked」、「London regulator announces Uber ban」、「Uber London loses licence to operate」。

更精確的說是不再續發 license,舊的 license 只到 9/30:

Transport for London (TfL), which operates public transport in the capital, has made the decision not to renew the app-based taxi’s license in the city.

The license was renewed in May, but for a period of only five months. It will run out on 30th September, though the company will be allowed to continue to operate during the appeal process.

看起來主要原因是圍繞於 Greyball (利用演算法躲避執法人員的工具):

According to the TfL regulatory board, the ‘approach and conduct’ of Uber showed a lack of corporate responsibility, which could have resulted in public safety and security issues. It also raised concerns with the company’s ‘approach to explaining the use of Greyball, software that could be used to block regulatory bodies from gaining full access to the app.’

新任 CEO 則是出來道歉:「Uber CEO apologizes for “mistakes” in London」。

其實是利益團體之間的衝突... 這戲還在繼續演。

CMU 推出 Product Management 的課程

CMUCS (Computer Science) 發的新聞稿:「Carnegie Mellon Offers New Master's Degree in Product Management」。

副標也清楚寫出是一年的課程:

One-Year Program Turns Computer Professionals Into "CEOs of the Product"

除了 CMU CS 外,也結合了 CMU 的 Tepper Business School 一起開:

A joint program of the university's School of Computer Science (SCS) and Tepper School of Business, the Master of Science in Product Management (MSPM) program will start January 2018.

另外一個不同角度的 Product Management。

微軟曾經規劃以 80 億美金購買 Slack

TC 丟出來的消息,宣稱微軟曾經規劃以 80 億美金購買 Slack:「Source: Microsoft mulled an $8 billion bid for Slack, will focus on Skype instead」。

不過這個計畫被微軟 CEO Satya Nadella 與前 CEO Bill Gates 給擋了下來,認為不如把這筆錢放到 Skype 的研發上:

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and CEO Satya Nadella were among those unconvinced by the idea, with Gates pushing instead to add more features into Skype to make it more competitive with Slack in the business market, our source says.

我也覺得微軟高層的角度比較合理 (以手上有的資料來規劃),雖然這幾年下來 Skype 愈改愈爛...