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• @sjgadler Steven Adler on x

  From the WSJ: allegations that OpenAI fired a safety executive, with implication it was related to opposing the erotica rollout OpenAI denies the implication; says it “was not related to any issue she raised while working at the company.”

• @jeffbercovici Jeff Bercovici on x

  SCOOP: An OpenAI safety executive who had voiced opposition to the company's upcoming launch of ChatGPT ‘Adult Mode’ has been fired & accused of sexual discrimination against a male employee. By @georgia_wells & @samschech https://www.wsj.com/...

• @georgia_wells Georgia Wells on x

  OpenAI has cut ties with one of its top safety executives, on the grounds of sexual discrimination, after she voiced opposition to the controversial rollout of its ChatGPT ‘adult mode’ By me and @samschech https://www.wsj.com/...

• r/MyBoyfriendIsAI r on reddit

  Internal Disagreements Re Adult Mode at OpenAI

• r/stupidpol r on reddit

  Open AI executive who opposed adult mode fired for sexual discrimination.

• r/ChatGPT r on reddit

  OpenAI executive who opposed ‘Adult Mode’ fired for sexual discrimination

• @roanoke_gal @roanoke_gal on x

  Good riddance. [image]

• @shadow.hedgie.social @shadow.hedgie.social on bluesky

  “OpenAI has cut ties with one of its top safety executives, on the grounds of sexual discrimination, after she voiced opposition to the controversial rollout of AI erotica in its ChatGPT product.”  —  good lord, what is happening in there

• r/ChatGPTcomplaints r on reddit

  OpenAI executive who opposed Adult Mode and “people getting too attached” to AI fired for sexual discrimination

• @yoda Drew Olanoff on x

  This company sounds delightful.

• @aakashgupta Aakash Gupta on x

  The headline reads like a safety whistleblower got fired for opposing adult mode. The actual sequence is more instructive: Ryan Beiermeister raised concerns about ChatGPT's planned erotica feature, a male colleague filed a sex discrimination complaint, and OpenAI terminated her

• @remmelte Remmelt Ellen on x

  These bro leaders are so toxic. Greg Brockman was right in there with the coercive SF sex parties. But sure, the woman who dared to speak up against mass personalised AI erotica was fired... because she was discriminating against a male employee. Doesn't pass the sniff test.

• @mattzeitlin Matthew Zeitlin on x

  journal story suggests she had qualms with the OpenAI GoonBot and then they fired her for having organized a women's employee resource group...

• @pegobry_en Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry on x

  > The evil AI company is planning on releasing hypnotic sex chatbots that will turn some large percentage of its userbase into drooling morons > A female vice president at that company tries to stop it > The evil company forces her out by accusing her of sexually harassing a male

• @gzuckerman Gregory Zuckerman on x

  We're trusting our future to these guys😳

• @_ueaj @_ueaj on x

  Oh dear god they're actually going for it

• @chowdhuryneil Neil Chowdhury on x

  The world does not have a shortage of LLMs that can generate erotica. OpenAI is not a social media or companion company. Its goal is to build safe and beneficial AGI, which will generate much more value than NSFW content. IMO, OpenAI should just focus on the mission.

• @luke_metro @luke_metro on x

  This has the potential to be the funniest legal discovery of all time

• r/BetterOffline r on reddit

  OpenAI Executive Who Opposed ‘Adult Mode’ Fired for Sexual Discrimination

• @tyleraking.com Tyler King on bluesky

  In Jan OpenAI fired VP of public policy (safety) for discrimination against a male colleague.  There are no details about the alleged complaint but she had raised concerns about the ChatGPT's proposed adult mode and was vocal that co wasn't doing enough to stop CSAM.  She also le…