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Brad Lightcap, one of OpenAI's longest-serving executives, told staff on 11 August that he is leaving the company to "start something new," according to an internal memo he later shared on X . Axios reported that "It is bittersweet to share that I'll be moving on from OpenAI to start something new,"...
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