Dissent in the Ranks
These departures come after a turbulent 18 months for the company. As well as the drama with Altman, there have been other high-profile departures. Safety Lead Jan Leike and Co-Founder John Schulman both left for rival Anthropic. There was also the acrimonious exit of Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever, who pointed damningly to safety concerns.
This seems to be a growing concern among employees as Altman pushes for growth. Altman was a dissenting voice against the AI Safety Bill that Governor Gavin Newsom has just blocked. However, rival Anthropic, had given its support to the bill as did 113 employees or former employees of some of the biggest names in the AI space, including OpenAI.
