The concerns over the rise of AI have been machine-related so far. But in recent days we witnessed a very human drama that Shakespeare himself would have been proud of, as OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, very publicly and unexpectedly ripped itself apart with its leadership and senior researchers decamping to Microsoft. For those who tuned out over the weekend, here’s a quick recap. The OpenAI board announced unexpectedly on Friday that it had removed co-founder Sam Altman as CEO saying he had not been “consistently candid” with the board. Hours later Altman’s co-founder and chairman of the board, Greg…

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