“This account of Altman’s time at #YCombinator is based on discussions with several Y.C. founders and partners, in addition to contemporaneous materials, all of which indicate that the parting was not entirely mutual. On one occasion, Graham told Y.C. colleagues that, prior to his removal, “Sam had been lying to us all the time.”

YC founders deceived …

““Guys, I’ve had enough,” Musk replied. “Either go do something on your own or continue with OpenAI as a nonprofit”—otherwise “I’m just being a fool who is essentially providing free funding for you to create a startup.” He quit, acrimoniously, five months later.”

Mini Oligarchs ripping off Oligarchs …

“Carroll Wainwright, another researcher, said that they were part of a “continual slide toward emphasizing #products over #safety.” After the release of #GPT-4, Leike e-mailed members of the board. “OpenAI has been going off the rails on its mission,” he wrote. “We are prioritizing the product and #revenue above all else, followed by AI capabilities, research and scaling, with alignment and safety coming third.” He continued, “Other companies like Google are learning that they should deploy faster and ignore safety problems.”

Profit over safety …

This “ #Altman / #OpenAI / #AI meets #Startups and AI Engineers” story by #RonanFarrow and #AndrewMarantz in the #NewYorker is everything you expect from USA tech and #SiliconValley these days.

#AI / #finance / #pathology <https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/sam-altman-may-control-our-future-can-he-be-trusted > (paywall) / <https://archive.md/a2vqW> / <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47659135>

“Hunched over a #SewingMachine, Kil Bae is #hemming a dress inside his Manhattan tailor shop when a new #customer
stops by with a vintage Tommy Hilfiger jacket he wants taken in.

The modeling agent paid $20 at a thrift store for his reversible bomber style that’s plaid on one side and red on the other. He’s willing to spend $280 to have it slimmed down. #Alteration requests with such a price disparity would have seemed odd a few years ago, the #tailor says, but are helping to keep the #bobbins bobbing at his one-man shop, 85 Custom Tailor.“

#Skills / #Trades <https://apnews.com/article/tailors-alterations-skilled-trades-shortage-aging-199faf6ecfc3f30b324e9b778a2000c6>

♬ Jaimme's got a girl / don't think things are gonna be the same / he aint coming out and drinking tonight / think he's gonna change his name / we can't work it out ♬

#OzMusic / #YouAmI / #Pop / #PowerPop / #rock / #RockMusic < https://youtu.be/tpU_oTmjm04?si=2GmP2AVV4KhXKrNh> / (remaster) < https://youtu.be/7LVUT6qnFSE?si=_yCJV6yJIJrtAXKj>

“In October 1987, I transited the #StraitOfHormuz on the bridge of the frigate #HMSAndromeda. We were watched from less than a mile away by an Iranian warship as Ian Stewart, the armed forces minister of the day, decried them as “pirates”.

Later that day, we transferred on to one of the four counter-measures vessels that had been dispatched to clear the waters off #Dubai of Iranian mines. At that time, the #ArmillaPatrol consisted of four or five #destroyers or #frigates, four of those minehunters and three or four support vessels.

Today there are no Royal Navy ships in the #Gulf, after its #Bahrain based squadron was run down to save money and allow sailors to be deployed elsewhere. The last of the #minehunters returned to #Britain in January.

Back in 1987, at the time of my visit to the Gulf, the #RoyalNavy had 50 #destroyers and frigates, 21 #submarines and three #AircraftCarriers. Today it has 13 of those large surface ships, nine subs and two carriers.”

Rule Britannia, no more. ⚓️

<https://thetimes.com/uk/defence/article/strait-hormuz-reopen-royal-navy-sfphbgns5> (paywall) / <https://archive.md/pEJGJ>