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The senior employees described Altman as psychologically abusive, creating chaos at the artificial-intelligence start-up — complaints that were a major factor in the board’s abrupt decision to fire the CEO

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[–] oversea@lemmings.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your summay said nothing mentioned in the title

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, that's a weird one. I posted the article because of all the questions surrounding Altman's firing, but the article itself is pretty much just a laundry list of one guy's assholery:

  • Altman was psychologically abusive, the employees alleged, creating pockets of chaos and delays at the artificial-intelligence start-up

  • pitted employees against each other in unhealthy ways

  • lied to OpenAI board as part of a campaign to remove a board member

  • key leaders found interacting with Altman highly toxic

  • employees said they feared retaliation from Altman

  • Altman was hostile after an employee shared critical feedback with the CEO and later undermined that employee to their team

  • employees described facing intense peer pressure to sign the mass-resignation letter

  • “People texted each other at 2-2:30 am begging people with write access to type their name” (not directly about Altman, but what kind of ~~cult~~ job requires you to be text-available 24/7?)


Ultimately, "the board’s vote was triggered by a pattern of manipulation and rooted in Altman’s attempts to avoid checks on his power at OpenAI."

That's a better summary, and I bet I saved more words, lol