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Chaos and tension at OpenAI

We recorded 4 claims from this post. 4 can’t be checked. Read the post at its source.

Claims from this post (4)

In the order they appear in the post. Each quotation is the speaker’s words in this post. A label such as “Supported” or “Can’t be checked” is the claim’s current assessment; its page has the evidence and the reasons.

  1. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “I don’t think it’s about a scary new algorithm per se (as many people have speculated) – I suspects it is about an attitude: the company’s attitude towards AI safety.”

    What we tested: Marcus suspects Ilya Sutskever left OpenAI because of the company's attitude toward AI safety, not because of a scary new algorithm.

  2. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “As Elon Musk noted in his lawsuit against OpenAI, that mission seems to be in the rear view mirrors.”

    What we tested: OpenAI's founding mission of benefiting humanity, with AI safety at its center, appears to have been left behind.

  3. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

  4. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “My friends in Washington should look into this.”

    What we tested: Marcus's friends in Washington should look into the situation at OpenAI described in the post, including the resignations and the questions he raises about it.