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- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman appears to be entering a new era.
- Altman was lauded as the leader behind ChatGPT when it launched in 2022.
- But recent exits from OpenAI's safety team and a dispute with Scarlett Johansson have brought scrutiny.
Many of them start the same, with a potent mix of genius and idealism and a promise to improve the world with their brilliance. People believe them — pouring millions of dollars into their nebulous ideas — and soon, they are gracing the covers of magazines and headlining summits and conferences the world over.
And then, inevitably, gravity does its thing. They fall.