AI is causing concern again

There have been two big stories in the IT world over the past couple of weeks. The biggest one concerns OpenAI and its three-day boardroom drama. In a nutshell, the board voted Sam Altman and other members out of the company. The next day, Microsoft picked them up and anyone else who wanted to head over to a new division. That same day, 700-plus employees of OpenAI signed a letter saying they would go if a rogue board member did not quit and bring Sam Altman back. On the third day, Sam was back and three board members were gone.

– The details behind this are somewhat spicier. A number of employees, many ex-employees, have written letters to the board and others claiming Altman was dangerous and a terrible boss. There have been a number of articles on this info. Altman is a marketing person and drove the change from open source to paid platform. He has also been…