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Despite OpenAI Chaos, Wall Street Is Still Betting Big on AI

What happens when a for profit company is run by a non-profit board of directors who are ideologically opposed to the company’s product? You get something like what happened to OpenAI over the past week, which saw its board of directors sack CEO Sam Altman before eventually reinstating him and resigning. It’s a weird story that involves AI, predictions of the end of the world, strange pagan rites in Silicon Valley offices, and a Harry Potter fanfic. Join us this week on Cyber as Motherboard senior editor Maxwell Strachan walks us through what the hell just happened and what it means for the future of AI. Stories discussed in this episode: <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvj3j4/sam-altman-out-at-openai-effective-immediately" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sam Altman Out at OpenAI ‘Effective Immediately’</a> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgwmak/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-ridiculously-chaotic-coup-implosion-and-counter-revolution-at-openai" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Everything You Need to Know About the Ridiculously Chaotic 'Coup,' Implosion, and Counter-Revolution at OpenAI</a> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg5kdd/binance-ceo-changpeng-zhao-who-crafted-a-responsible-image-is-pleading-guilty-to-breaking-anti-money-laundering-laws" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, Who Crafted a Responsible Image, Is Pleading Guilty to Breaking Anti-Money Laundering Laws</a> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/88xk8k/wall-street-embraces-ai-despite-risks-of-catastrophe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wall Street Embraces AI Despite Risks of Catastrophe</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Hacking. Hackers. Disinformation campaigns. Encryption. The Cyber. This stuff gets complicated really fast, but Motherboard spends its time embedded in the infosec world so you don't have to. Host Matthew Gault talks every week to Motherboard reporters about the stories they're breaking and to the industry's most famous hackers and researchers about the biggest news in cybersecurity. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.