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OpenAI ousts Sam Altman, donors flee elite universities, antibiotic startups file for bankruptcy, inflation comes in cool...

Subscribe to @chamath on X Watch All-In E154 Caught my eye… OpenAI ousts co-founder Sam Altman as CEO, citing issues in communications with the company’s board. According to the company's official statement, the board “no longer has confidence in Altman’s ability to continue leading OpenAI.” Mira Murati, currently the Chief Technology Officer at OpenAI, will take over as interim CEO. The University of Austin Texas (UATX) is gaining traction among donors disenchanted with ‘elite’ universities' responses to Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, and antisemitism on student campuses. UATX…

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