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OpenAI is an American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation (PBC) headquartered in San Francisco, California. It develops "frontier" generative AI models, particularly its generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) series of large language models. Its release of ChatGPT in November 2022 has been credited with catalyzing the AI boom, leading to widespread use of generative AI; as of September 2026, ChatGPT is the fifth-most-visited website globally. OpenAI also releases the GPT Image models and Codex, an AI coding agent.
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OpenAI on Friday defended firing three AI safety researchers after they warned in an open letter that their dismissals would have a "chilling" effect.
Three former employees publish a letter in response to allegations about their firings, to which OpenAI responds with an internal memo and public-facing statement.
Three fired OpenAI safety researchers have published a letter disputing the company's account of their dismissals