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November 17, 2023

Hacker News Top Stories with Summaries (November 18, 2023)

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        <h1> Hacker News Top Stories</h1>
        <p>Here are the top stories from Hacker News with summaries for November 18, 2023 :</p>

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OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman

https://openai.com/blog/openai-announces-leadership-transition

Summary: OpenAI announced a leadership transition as CEO Sam Altman departs the company and leaves the board of directors. Mira Murati, the current CTO, has been appointed interim CEO, effective immediately. The board lost confidence in Altman's leadership after finding inconsistencies in his communications. A formal search for a permanent CEO is underway. Greg Brockman will step down as chairman but remain in his role at the company.

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Ilya Sutskever "at the center" of Altman firing

https://twitter.com/karaswisher/status/1725702501435941294

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