The Twitch cofounder took up the role on Sunday night. By Wednesday he was replaced by the original CEO, Sam Altman, following a series of dramatic twists and turns.
In case you haven't been following events, Altman was ousted by OpenAI's board on November 17. But by Wednesday, he was back in charge along with a new "initial board" made up of Bret Taylor, Larry Summers, and Adam D'Angelo.
Here are five things in the tech world that outlived his time as CEO of OpenAI:
1. A Twitch user once livestreamed for almost two weeks straight
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In 2021 Twitch streamer Ludwig broadcast to some 30,000 viewers for nearly two whole weeks, per The New York Times.
He did it to generate more cash and vowed to stream for 20 seconds for each new $5 monthly subscription to his Twitch channel, according to The Verge.
2. A line to buy Apple's first iPhone
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A New Jersey maintenance worker was head of the queue to buy the first iPhone at an Apple store in New York City in 2007. Greg Packer waited for 110 hours to get his hands on one, The Atlantic reported.
That's not the longest time someone has stuck it out in a line for an Apple product. According to the outlet, Rob Shoesmith camped out for a total of about 240 hours to buy the iPhone 4S in 2011. We wonder if he thinks that was time well spent.
3. Amazon’s Black Friday week
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Online retail giant Amazon is holding a 10-day sale called Black Friday Week until Monday, offering discount prices on a range of products. And when that's over there's also Cyber Monday sale.
4. An AI hackathon event
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VC firm Craft Ventures held a three-day long hackathon back in May. The coding challenge, called Hack-AI-thon, took place in San Francisco.
David Sacks, a prominent investor and founder of the firm, was presiding over the competition as a finalist judge.
5. The time it took for an X community note to flag fake news
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It took three days for a Community Note on X to appear under some fake news about the Israel-Hamas war, Business Insider previously reported.
Typically it takes seven hours for a a Community Note to flag disinformation about the conflict on X/Twitter, according to a Bloomberg analysis.
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