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It has been one year since The Blip.
On this day, one year ago, Sam Altman was fired from OpenAI — an event known internally as “The Blip.”
His influence has seemingly only increased since he overcame the attempted coup. The board that ousted him was gutted and key executives, like Ilya Sutskever and Mira Murati, have departed. Next year, OpenAI will likely be restructured into a for-profit company, becoming exactly what it was created to avoid.
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