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The post Xitter web has spawned so many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

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(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)

  • fiat_lux@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    2 天前

    3 weeks after the “as soon as Friday” news, OpenAI has followed Anthropic and confidentiality filed their draft S-1. But they sure don’t sound confident about it. Whole post in full (sans legal fine print):

    We recently submitted a confidential S-1. We expect it to leak so we’re just announcing it. We have not decided on timing yet; it may be a while because there are things we want to do that are likely easier as a private company. But it’s a complicated set of tradeoffs and this gives us the option to go public sooner if that ends up being best.

    May, likely, if… Those are some weight-bearing subjunctive clauses.

    Edit: also Altman’s eyeball tracker company is doing layoffs now

      • TinyTimmyTokyo@awful.systemsEnglish
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        2 天前

        IANAL, but my understanding is that companies are allowed to keep confidential the fact that they even filed the S-1. That’s how I read OpenAI’s statement. But it’s not completely clear what “it” means in “we expect it to leak”.

      • o7___o7@awful.systemsEnglish
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        2 天前

        Ed Zitron might have got hold of it, if his bsky is anything to go by.

        We could be feasting soon!

      • fiat_lux@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        2 天前

        Draft filings involve feedback from the SEC, so I think they may be throwing shade on government employees, whom they can’t fire or control directly.

        But I’m also thinking they may be salty about the aforementioned “as soon as Friday” articles, and then Anthropic beating them to filing.

        Hard to tell how much of it is what, they’re toxic inside and out.

    • GamingChairModel@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 天前

      Don’t they have their CFO not even reporting directly to be CEO? I would bet that there’s a ton of internal dissent about timing and strategy of how to cash out.

      • fiat_lux@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        2 天前

        That CFO thing was definitely the case, at least a few months ago. I’m sure you’re right about the internal chaos, even if that CFO drama has changed, and it would align with how non-committal this announcement is.

        I would love to be a fly on that wall.