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The real news today is that Anthropic has partnered with the top companies in cybersecurity to try and patch everyone's systems to fix all the thousands of zero-day exploits found by their new model Claude Mythos. I’ll be sorting through that over the coming days. For now, we instead have stories from OpenAI. In particular there are three stories. There's a massive 18,000 word article in The New Yorker about Sam Altman and the history of OpenAI as it relates to his trustworthiness. No trust. There's also OpenAI's proposal for a ‘new deal’ of sorts. No deal. Then there is an actual deal, where they bought TBPN. RIP. Table of Contents Part 1: OpenAI: The Histories. The Battle of the Board. Thanks For The Memos. I Am What I Am. That's Not What I Said. There Will Be No Investigation. Musk Versus Altman. Amodei Versus Altman. Sydney Versus Altman. Highest Bidder Versus Altman. Risky Business. Superalignment Was Always Fake. This Is Fine. Liar Liar Master Persuader. This In Particular Is Securities Fraud. Regulation Two Step. [...] ---Outline:(00:54) Part 1: OpenAI: The Histories(02:11) The Battle of the Board(03:17) Thanks For The Memos(03:39) I Am What I Am(04:21) Thats Not What I Said(04:37) There Will Be No Investigation(05:41) Musk Versus Altman(06:54) Amodei Versus Altman(08:47) Sydney Versus Altman(09:43) Highest Bidder Versus Altman(12:07) Risky Business(14:42) Superalignment Was Always Fake(17:18) This Is Fine(18:12) Liar Liar Master Persuader(22:01) This In Particular Is Securities Fraud(23:43) Regulation Two Step(25:11) Easy Mode(27:48) The Right Amount of Alignment Research Is Not Zero(29:54) OpenAI Proposes Policy(41:46) RIP TBPN --- First published: April 7th, 2026 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/QSgBhcDKi9j5iSi9s/openai-16-a-history-and-a-proposal --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.