The Departure of Sam Altman from OpenAI

Who gets to decide who should be CEO of OpenAI? ChatGPT or the board? Plus a ransomware gang goes a step further than most, reporting one of its own data breaches to the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.

Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.

Episode links:

• Hackers Use Online Casinos to Gamble Mountains of Cash They Steal from Victims - 404.
• AlphV files an SEC complaint against MeridianLink for not disclosing a breach to the SEC - DataBreaches.net.
• SEC Adopts Rules on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure by Public Companies - US Securities and Exchange Committee.
• OpenAI announces leadership transition - OpenAI.
• The Fear and Tension That Led to Sam Altman’s Ouster at OpenAI - The New York Times.
• Emergency Pod: Sam Altman is Out at Open AI - The New York Times.
• What We Know About Sam Altman’s Ouster From OpenAI  - The New York Times.
• Ousted OpenAI C.E.O. Makes Plans for New Artificial Intelligence Company - The New York Times.
• Microsoft Hires Sam Altman Hours After OpenAI Rejects His Return - The New York Times.
• In the battle to bring ousted founder Sam Altman back to OpenAI, Microsoft and Satya Nadella hold the trump cards - Fortune.
• Rate your resignation letter - Twitter account.
• Suella Braverman’s resignation letter - Twitter.
• Analysis of letter by Dame Andrea Jenkyns - Twitter.
• Thread about letter from Dame Andrea Jenkyns - Twitter.
• The Future by Naomi Alderman review - The Guardian.
• The Future by Naomi Alderman - Harper Collins.
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