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Quoting Greg Brockman

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Simon Willison relays an observation from OpenAI's Greg Brockman about AI in the workplace. When employees connected ChatGPT to Slack, people disliked receiving help requests from a coworker's ChatGPT, even though they'd readily assist if asked directly by that colleague. Brockman, OpenAI's President, interprets the backlash as revealing what workers truly value: AI that saves them time or strengthens collaboration, not something standing between colleagues.

Source: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/1/greg-brockman/#atom-...

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