We are now discussing the OpenAI Foundation layoffs.

Musk’s lawyer, Molo, is saying that first of all, Brockman actually did the layoffs, and second of all, a memo prepared by Ilya Sutskever contained criticism of Brockman as a manager. Shortly after the memo was prepared, Brockman was removed from the board.

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We are now discussing the OpenAI Foundation layoffs.

Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI