Turmoil at OpenAI: what’s next for the creator of ChatGPT?
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OpenAI’s COO told employees that Sam Altman wasn’t fired for “malfeasance.”
That’s according to a memo Axios saw that chief operating officer Brad Lightcap sent out. Lightcap ruled out some of the possible reasons why Altman was let go:
“We can say definitively that the board’s decision was not made in response to malfeasance or anything related to our financial, business, safety, or security/privacy practices. This was a breakdown in communication between Sam and the board.”
After OpenAI announced Altman’s firing, company president Greg Brockman quit, as did three senior researchers.
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