TechAnother OpenAI executive steps down

Brad Lightcap, who led special projects at OpenAI and previously served as the company’s chief operating officer, has announced that he is leaving. His departure follows an eight-year tenure at the artificial intelligence lab. Lightcap later shared an internal memo with colleagues on X, saying he would begin “something new.” He wrote that recent months had been focused on considering “the next horizon.”

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