More OpenAI executives exit

Brad Lightcap, a longtime executive at OpenAI, announced his departure Tuesday—the latest in a months-long wave of high-level exits as the company prepares for a planned initial public offering. The departures include OpenAI's head of ethics, head of safety systems, and former mission alignment chief. The exits arrive amid a perception that OpenAI has lost ground to Anthropic in valuation and enterprise adoption, even as OpenAI's ChatGPT continues to attract more users overall. Semafor reports that OpenAI may ultimately benefit from growing backlash against Anthropic's criticism of open-weight AI models, which remain popular with developers.

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