Currently there is another OpenAI story on the front page about about Mira Murati leaving [1], and a couple of comments there are also talking about this news of OpenAI removing non-profit control [2] [3].
I tend to agree that this is the bigger story and more worthy of being on the front page, but HN tends to enjoy a bit of celebrity gossip so not surprising to me that the news of the CTO leaving would get more traction.
I don't think it's any sort of conspiracy if that's what you're implying.
I see what you mean, but at the same time there is a value in this being discussed on its own. The celebrity gossip story is currently covering up the actual important news. (Yeah, I'll go with with that conspiracy theory, also known as a classic PR move.)
I tend to agree that this is the bigger story and more worthy of being on the front page, but HN tends to enjoy a bit of celebrity gossip so not surprising to me that the news of the CTO leaving would get more traction.
I don't think it's any sort of conspiracy if that's what you're implying.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41651038
[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41653013
[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41651601