It feels weird to be defending Altman, but those of us who go hard on the legitimately serious shit are held to a high standard on being fair and while multiple sources have independently corroborated e.g. the plainly unethical and dubiously legal NDA shit Vox just reported on, his links to this incident seem thinly substantiated.

I’m not writing the guy a pass, he’s already been fired for what amount to ethics breaches in the last 12 months alone. Bad actor any way you look at it.

But I spent enough time in BigCo land to know stuff like this happens without the CEO’s signature.

I’d say focus on the stuff with clear documentary evidence and or credible first-hand evidence, there’s no shortage of that.

I get the sense this is part of an ambient backlash now that the damn is clearly breaking.

Of all the people who stand to be harmed by that leadership team, I think Ms. Johansson (of who I am a fan) is more than capable of seeing her rights and privileges defended without any help from this community.