OpenAI Acquires Popular Tech-Industry Talk Show TBPN (cnbc.com) 25
OpenAI is acquiring tech news podcast TBPN, a fast-growing daily show hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays. OpenAI says TBPN will keep its editorial independence, even though the acquisition is widely viewed as part of a broader effort to influence public discourse around AI. CNBC reports: In the announcement, OpenAI CEO of AGI Deployment Fidji Simo wrote that their mission of bringing artificial general intelligence comes with a responsibility to have a space for "constructive conversation about the changes AI creates." Altman has appeared on TBPN multiple times and is a frequent presence across media and podcasts, even hitting NBC's "Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" in December.
The announcement says TBPN will maintain editorial independence and continue to choose its own guests. "TBPN is my favorite tech show. We want them to keep that going and for them to do what they do so well," Altman wrote in a post on X. "I don't expect them to go any easier on us, am sure I'll do my part to help enable that with occasional stupid decisions." OpenAI did not disclose the terms of the deal but said TBPN will be housed within its strategy organization. "While we've been critical of the industry at times, after getting to know Sam and the OpenAI team, what stood out most was their openness to feedback and commitment to getting this right," wrote Hays in a statement. "Moving from commentary to real impact in how this technology is distributed and understood globally is incredibly important to us."
The announcement says TBPN will maintain editorial independence and continue to choose its own guests. "TBPN is my favorite tech show. We want them to keep that going and for them to do what they do so well," Altman wrote in a post on X. "I don't expect them to go any easier on us, am sure I'll do my part to help enable that with occasional stupid decisions." OpenAI did not disclose the terms of the deal but said TBPN will be housed within its strategy organization. "While we've been critical of the industry at times, after getting to know Sam and the OpenAI team, what stood out most was their openness to feedback and commitment to getting this right," wrote Hays in a statement. "Moving from commentary to real impact in how this technology is distributed and understood globally is incredibly important to us."
... Wut? (Score:2)
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Genius move.
Re:... Wut? (Score:4, Insightful)
(sorry, propaganda is not new)
Re: ... Wut? (Score:2)
Because now we understand the importance of journalistic integrity. It was decided that it was unfair for those fridge companies to have those shows so there were many legal safeguards made around a separation of interests. But now apparently the grifters have penalized responsible companies and eroded laws to maximize grifting. And they will complain that there is no real journalistic integrity... But they were the ones that killed it.
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Because now we understand the importance of journalistic integrity.
Funny how understanding and maintaining have seemed to be opposing forces in this timeline.
Re: ... Wut? (Score:2)
This is exactly why. The media is owned by the grifters now.
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Re: ... Wut? WHAT? (Score:1)
OK grandpa, what are you talking about propaganda and refrigerators? You want me to fax you a copy of the Radio, Westinghouse, G.E. pages from my grandparents encyclopedia set, or can you ask your nurse to tune the Internet receiver to Google.
You're talking about the time that commercial broadcasting was brand new and Westinghouse was a GE rival, they made industrial equipment, home electrical appliances, trains, radios etc.
This is like ten seconds of reading.
https://earlyradiohistory.us/1... [earlyradiohistory.us]
How do you redu
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They'll use the pretend sincerity to train the incoming Large Voice Models, which are necessary for the post-literacy generation.
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I know Sam Altman is the modern version of a classic scam artist, presenting just enough real results to skyrocket valuations out of all proportions. I know having too much money causes grandiose narcissists to just lose their mind spending on the most random shit possible. But, a talk show being bought by an "AI" company is still a thing I did not put on my bingo card.
It's a tech talk show. He's hedging his bets that owning it will maintain a "relationship" with it that favors OpenAI over other AI competitors at the very least. And, despite his protests, which traditionally point the way toward his future roadmaps, he'll always have the option of "nudging" the hosts toward what he considers correct conclusions, now that he owns the show outright. It makes perfect sense, in Sam Altman's ever climbing series of scams.
Same as corporate boards (Score:2)
The "editorial independence" appears to be in the same vein as how large corporations have faculty member or two from the major business schools (Harvard, Columbia, Chicago) for the academic's expert guidance. Something that is unconnected to the business school's publication of a top 5 business or management journal.
They call him Scam Altman for a reason (Score:2)
WTF IS TBPN? (Score:4, Funny)
Never heard of it before today but apparently it's big news.
Is this like one of those "everyone is talking about these great deals on amazon for this top 15 kitchen gadgets you don't need" articles on all the news sites?
OpenAI's greatest success is marketing. (Score:2)
AKA Scam Altman.
Money for nothin' and your chicks for free.
Suuuure (Score:2)
The announcement says TBPN will maintain editorial independence and continue to choose its own guests.
I'm sure it will seem like it's still independent at first, but clearly that's not how it will stay.
Re:Suuuure (Score:5, Interesting)
Just like how WaPo eventually went from an assurance that nothing would change to blocking an endorsement of Kamala Harris to no longer publishing any opinions that were insufficiently pro-"free market" for Bezos' taste:
https://www.ms.now/opinion/msn... [ms.now]
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Nothing new.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
What do theAI need them for? (Score:1)
I thought ChatGPT is extremely good at writing AI scripts, and narrating AI voices, and can AI build the AI webpage and AI host AI it. AI would AI the AI audience AI be AI too AI demanding AI demanding AI of AI the AI compute??
AI o
OpenAI is the Enron of tech (Score:3)
Everyone is gonna suffer when the merry go round stops
curious move... (Score:2)
...for a non-profit.
talk show (Score:2)
they're called podcasts.
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TBPN the sellouts (Score:2)