OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap: Altman was not fired for malfeasance

On Saturday the OpenAI board was still sticking to its story—that it fired Sam Altman because he was less than honest with board members.

There’s a theory going around about OpenAI’s mysterious firing of its high-profile CEO, Sam Altman. In essence, the hypothesis is that Altman was pushing hard to commercialize OpenAI’s research without giving proper regard to managing the safety risks of the technology. But an internal memo from OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap to employees on Saturday seems to throw cold water on that idea.

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