THE MESSY HUMAN DRAMA THAT DEALT A BLOW TO ONE OF AI'S HOTTEST STARTUPS

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Mira Murati says that Barret Zoph was fired from Thinking Machines Lab after repeated concerns about his conduct and lack of productivity. Zoph claims he was fired for expressing an intent to take a job elsewhere. Within hours of Zoph's firing, Zoph, another co-founder, and a third employee had signed offers to rejoin OpenAI. The departures are a sign of how the AI race is as much a battle for talent as technology.