OpenAI exec addresses CEO Sam Altman's firing in note to employees — Read the full memo - Tech Investor News

OpenAI exec addresses CEO Sam Altman's firing in note to employees — Read the full memo

Lightcap wrote in the memo everyone was taken by surprise and that he's had many conversations with the board to try to understand their decision.

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OpenAI chief operating officer Brad Lightcap addressed

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Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI participates in the "Charting the Path Forward: The Future of Artificial Intelligence" at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Week in San Francisco, California, on November 16, 2023.

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