The researchers who wrote the letter did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Reuters was unable to review a copy of the letter. The sources cited the letter as one factor among a longer list of grievances by the board that led to Altman’s firing. The previously unreported letter and AI algorithm was a catalyst that caused the board to oust Altman, the poster child of generative AI, the two sources said.īefore his triumphant return late Tuesday, more than 700 employees had threatened to quit and join backer Microsoft in solidarity with their fired leader. OpenAI CEO Altman says he was ‘totally wrong’ about antisemitism ‘on the American left’Īhead of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s four days in exile, several staff researchers sent the board of directors a letter warning of a powerful artificial intelligence discovery that they said could threaten humanity, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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