In less than two years, OpenAI—the company behind ChatGPT—has gone from a little-known nonprofit lab to a world-famous organization at the forefront of an artificial intelligence revolution. But the company has faced a series of challenges, culminating last week in another high-profile departure and the decision to become a for-profit corporation. WSJ’s Deepa Seetharaman discusses the permanent change to OpenAI's ethos and what it could mean for the AI industry. Further Listening: - Artificial: The OpenAI Story - Artificial: Episode 1, The Dream Further Reading: - Turning OpenAI Into a Real Business Is Tearing It Apart - OpenAI’s Complex Path to Becoming a For-Profit Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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