With the release of Codex, however, we had the first culture clash that was beyond saving: those who really believed in the safety mission were horrified that OAI was releasing a powerful LLM that they weren't 100% sure was safe. The company split, and Anthropic was born.
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Brilliant Operators Drive Company Growth Despite Culture Shock
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Everything I'd heard about those 3 was that they were brilliant operators and that they did amazing work. But it felt likely to be a huge culture shock on all sides. But the company absolutely blossomed nonetheless.
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Corporate Keynote Fails to Deliver on AGI Promises
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I could barely watch the keynote. It was just another bland corp-speak bunch of product updates. For those researchers I know that were involved from the beginning, this must have felt nausea-inducing. The plan was AGI, lifting society to a new level. We got Laundry Buddy.
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Sam Altman Departs OpenAI Leadership
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Sam Altman departs Open AI https://
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OpenAI Board Removes Sam Altman as Chief Executive Officer
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OpenAI’s Board Pushes Out Sam Altman, Its High-Profile C.E.O.
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Sam Altman Ousted as OpenAI CEO in Major Leadership Change
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Sam Altman is out at OpenAI @OpenAI @sama @miramurati @sabrinaa_ortiz $MSFT #OpenAI #AI #artificialintelligence #deeplearning https://
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-ousts-its-ceo-sam-altman-the-face-of-generative-ai/
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OpenAI interim CEO Mira Murati replaces departing Sam Altman
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"Chief technology officer Mira Murati appointed interim CEO to lead OpenAI; Sam Altman departs the company. "Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board,
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OpenAI may regret personnel changes among top talent
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Really feels like OpenAI will regret this. Many of the smartest people in the world people there, but you don't get to what they had with a personnel replacement.
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OpenAI Board Removes Sam Altman as Chief Executive Officer
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OpenAI’s Board Pushes Out Sam Altman, Its High-Profile C.E.O.: