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OpenAI’s slow-motion train wreck

We recorded 6 claims from this post. 4 were checked against evidence. 2 can’t be checked. 4 more are held. Read the post at its source.

Claims from this post (6)

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

    “This one, from last September, may soon become just as iconic.”

    What we tested: The magazine cover of OpenAI's leaders from last September may soon become as iconic as the most famous magazine covers of our time.

  2. Assessment: SupportedSaid

    “From left to right that’s Ilya Sutskever (now gone, less than a year later), Greg Brockman (on leave, at least until the end of the year), CTO Mira Murati (departure just announced) and Sam Altman (fired, and then rehired).”

    What we tested: Of the four OpenAI leaders on the cover, Ilya Sutskever is gone less than a year later, Greg Brockman is on leave at least until the end of the year, CTO Mira Murati's departure was just announced, and Sam Altman was fired and then rehired.

    What happened: OpenAI announced Sutskever's departure in May, less than a year after the September 2023 reference point. (OpenAI, )

  3. Assessment: SupportedSaid

    “Co-founders John Schulman also left, so did Andrej Karpathy and Jan Leike, and perhaps a dozen others.”

    What we tested: John Schulman, Andrej Karpathy, Jan Leike and perhaps a dozen others have left OpenAI.

    What happened: The report establishes Schulman's departure before the post and identifies him as a co-founder. (TechCrunch, )

  4. Assessment: SupportedSaid

    “many lawsuits pending”

    What we tested: OpenAI faces many pending lawsuits.

    What happened: The order addresses six actions: three consolidated author actions, the Times action, Daily News, and the Center for Investigative Reporting. Ongoing discovery and future deadlines establish pending status; grouping the author actions and the newly consolidated newspaper actions leaves three proceedings. (U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; copy hosted by Chat GPT Is Eating the World, )

  5. Assessment: UnresolvedSaid

    “the company had an operating loss of $5b last year”

    What we tested: OpenAI had an operating loss of $5 billion last year.

  6. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “Investors shouldn’t be pouring more money at higher valuations, they should be asking what is going on.”

    What we tested: Investors should not put more money into OpenAI at higher valuations and should instead scrutinize what is going on at the company.

Held from this post (4)

These records did not pass every check, so nothing about them is published. Held is not a finding.