Valve CEO Gabe Newell was an enthusiastic supporter of OpenAI in 2018, donating $20 million and even acting as the sole member of an "informal advisory board"

Stern@lemmy.world · 44 minutes

Gaming company CEO falls for preorder hype, regrets it.

Newsteinleo@infosec.pub · 2 hours

In 2018 we didn’t know what monster it would become

HubertManne@piefed.social · 48 minutes

Is this surprising to people? Someone high up in technology was in infromal advisory board around technology? I should say especially after ponying up cash.

Skipcast@lemmy.world · 3 hours

A lot has changed since 2018 fwiw

Otter@lemmy.ca · 2 hours

OpenAI used to be a public benefit company. Or it called itself one anyway

https://qz.com/openai-abandons-the-pretense

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Removal_of_Sam_Altman_from_OpenAI

666dollarfootlong@lemmy.world · 3 hours

And a lot was different back then

raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world · 3 hours

Sometimes based, sometimes a moron.

maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone · 3 hours

And forevermore a billionaire.

Valve CEO Gabe Newell was an enthusiastic supporter of OpenAI in 2018, donating $20 million and even acting as the sole member of an "informal advisory board"

Gabe Newell was an enthusiastic supporter of OpenAI in 2018, donating $20 million and even acting as the sole member of an 'informal advisory board'