Meanwhile, there were other concerning examples of Altman’s behavior. In March 2023, he had emailed the board without D’Angelo and announced that he believed it was time for D’Angelo to step down. The fact that Quora was designing its own chatbot, Poe, Altman argued, posed a conflict of interest. The assertion felt sudden and dubiously motivated. Toner, McCauley, and D’Angelo had each at times asked Altman inconvenient questions, whether about OpenAI’s safety practices, the strength of the nonprofit, or other topics. With his allies on the board dwindling, Altman seemed to the three to be
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