{"id":6878,"date":"2025-05-15T06:01:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T06:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acudc.com\/?p=6878"},"modified":"2025-05-15T06:01:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T06:01:47","slug":"ex-openai-employee-resigns-to-avoid-working-for-the-titanic-of-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acudc.com\/th\/ex-openai-employee-resigns-to-avoid-working-for-the-titanic-of-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex OpenAI Employee Resigns to Avoid \u201cWorking for the Titanic of AI\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6878\" class=\"elementor elementor-6878\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-624d676d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"624d676d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b01699e\" data-id=\"5b01699e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-309872b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"309872b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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