Just six months ago, OpenAI was a model of unity as hundreds of employees and managers threatened to quit the startup en masse unless cofounder Sam Altman was rehired as CEO. The gambit led to Altman’s return just days after he was fired by OpenAI’s board—a dramatic display of the power of an organization marching in lockstep, aligned around a common mission.
Today, that company looks like a distant memory. A series of scandals have tarnished OpenAI’s image and several prominent insiders have quit, accusing the company of abandoning its principles.
