The Daily Friday: Monday 11/20

It’s another week in paradise. Here’s what you need to sound smart today.

1. Tough weekend for Elon Musk, as advertisers flee Twitter following anti-semitic content concerns, and his Space-X rocket blows up immediately after takeoff. At least he doesn’t have to fight Zuck anymore.

2. Vegas’ first F1 race was lit, as Verstappen wins for 18th time this year. They should do it at The Sphere next year. That’d be fucking nuts.

3. Argentina’s new president-elect is a former tantric sex coach, TV commentator and pro soccer player. He is also the owner of 4 cloned dogs and an insane head of hair. Welcome to the simulation.

4. Joe Biden has his Kobe birthday today as he turns 81, which simultaneously feels both way older and way younger than I thought he was.

5. The OpenAI situation is MESSY. LET’S BREAK IT DOWN.

But first…the biggest news of the day: we just made your new favorite lager. That’s right, Friday Beers is officially entering the brewing game.

It’s smooth, tasty, refreshing and (for now) exclusively available in Boston and Worcester. If you want it in your city, let us know.

Check out @drink.friday.beers for more info. If you live in Boston or Worcester, do yourself a favor and pick up 12-12,000 of these during this glorious holiday weekend (as long as you’re 21 years or older.)

You won’t regret it 🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝

SUCCESSION FOR NERDS

Over the weekend, a shitstorm hit OpenAi, the company behind ChatGPT and leader in artificial intelligence, as the board fired CEO Sam Altman on Friday and is now on their 3rd CEO in 3 days.

This shit is messy, but I’m going to try to break it down as best as I can.

LET’S GO THROUGH THE TIMELINE OF EVENTS

Friday morning: Sam Altman was ousted as the CEO by the board. It’s still unclear why this went down, though sources say it was due to Altman being ‘insufficiently candid’ about his plans for the future of AI.

Altman has been very aggressive about advancing AI capabilities, while the board wanted a more conservative approach. This is also part of the reason Elon Musk stepped away after helping launch the company in 2018.

Fun fact: key members of the OpenAi board are the COO who also just got demoted, Joseph Gordon-Levitt's wife and someone who just earned their master's in 2021. A qualified bunch.

Friday afternoon: Altman’s co-founder Greg Brockman, was so pissed that he also resigned, posting a Notes App screenshot about his decision in lower case font. That’s how you know it’s serious.

OpenAI appoints Mira Murati as the interim CEO while employees voice their displeasure.

Saturday afternoon - evening: Altman gets shitfaced and cries himself to sleep. This is not based on any actual information, this is just how I would respond.

Sunday morning: Altman posts super dramatic photo about wearing an OpenAI guest badge. There are growing rumors that the board wants to hire Altman back. All we needed was Altman to post cryptic song lyrics on his LinkedIn and it would have been full high school break up vibes.

Sunday night: The board does NOT hire Altman back, and hires Twitch CEO Emmet Shear as their new CEO to replace Murati, their 3rd CEO in 3 days.

Microsoft announces that Altman and Brockman will be absorbed in-house to their AI team. Another fun fact: Microsoft owns a shitload of OpenAI stock. Thank god the rich are getting richer.

Monday morning: 550 of the 700 OpenAI employees sign petition, calling for the board to resign by the end of the day or they will all quit in protest.  Who the fuck are the 150 people who did not sign?  Scabs.

PARDON MY TURKEY

Today, President Biden will pardon turkeys at the White House, forgiving Liberty (42.5 lbs) and Justice (41.5 lbs) for their horrific crimes of being born turkey in a human world. How gracious.

Honestly, I’m kinda jealous of these guys. They’ll spend their remaining years University of Minnesota, where they will be free to get shitfaced at hockey games and creep out freshman girls who aren’t impressed that they won America’s Best Turkey 13 years ago. The dream.

My one concern is Biden’s dog Commander. Dude is addicted to biting security guards…he is absolutely going after these turkeys. Keep your head on a swivel Liberty and Justice. Freedom awaits.

NFL: Pretty good encapsulation of how the Jets season is going.

Tommy Devito throws 3 TDs in Giants win, fueled by his mom’s chicken cutlets. Chargers blow another game, Broncos pull off the win over Minnesota, and Brock Purdy is literally the perfect QB.

NBA: Someone get Morgan and Morgan on the line. This man is about to take the Lakers for all that they’re worth.

Lebron is not a real person. One of the funniest people ever.

CFB: Just give Jayden Daniels the Heisman. Completely insane.

RIP to Jordan Travis’ ankle. Praying for you my guy.

This is what college football is all about right here.

CBB: Shoutout to Seton Hall head coach Holloway. Never lose a handshake battle. Big East is so back.

WHAT ELSE IS GOOD

Ethan Slater goes full Goo-Goo-Ga-Ga mode in stunning new photo, cosplaying as the child he abandoned to be with Ariana. Beautiful.

Rosalyn Carter, wife of former president Jimmy Carter, passes away at 96. An iconic woman who is part of the most iconic photo ever. RIP.

Janet Yellin goes above and beyond in efforts to save economy, gives tugger to Chinese government official. Hand jobs create job jobs. Everyone knows that.

Saw this pic at Starbucks and screamed “AWOOOGAA,” as my eyes popped out my sockets, jaw hit the floor, and fireworks shot out of my head. Had to pull a train whistle and wipe comically large beads of sweat from my brow while I muttered hummina, hummina, hummina. It was kinda nuts.

MONDAY MOVE

“Pretending to be asleep so your boys carry you inside” is an elite move to pull this Thanksgiving Eve with your hometown homies. Nothing brings the boys closer than a little tuck session and a smooch-smooch at the end of the night. It’s scientifically proven.

STUFF TO CLICK WHEN YOU’RE BORED TODAY

• Charles II was the result of 200 years of inbreeding and quite possibly, the least healthy human being alive. Brutal descriptions here. 

• How Matt Damon broke into Hollywood.

• A profile of the highly-powerful but massively ego’d literary agent, Andrew Wylie.

• Nathan Fielder really is the best to ever do it.

• PSA: don’t watch this video of sexy Shrek if you’re not prepared to be horny as fuck right now. This entire trend is incredible.