A book excerpt details the Sam Altman-Dario Amodei feud, and Greg
A book excerpt details the Sam Altman-Dario Amodei feud, and Greg Brockman and Ilya Sutskever's 2017 plan to auction rights to OpenAI's future AGI to countries
TL;DRBook reveals Altman-Amodei conflict and a 2017 plan to auction AGI rights to nations.
Why it matters: Shows early OpenAI leadership disagreements on governance—relevant as AI power concentrates among few companies.
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TL;DRProject Eleven bought Riva Labs to build quantum-resistant blockchain infrastructure.
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