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>>maxuti+(OP)
This is really good journalism. There are a ton of interesting details in here that haven't been reported elsewhere, and it has all of the hallmarks of being well researched and sourced.

The first clue is this: "In conversations between The Atlantic and 10 current and former employees at OpenAI..."

When you're reporting something like this, especially when using anonymous sources (not anonymous to you, but sources that have good reasons not to want their names published), you can't just trust what someone tells you - they may have their own motives for presenting things in a certain way, or they may just be straight up lying.

So... you confirm what they are saying with other sources. That's why "10 current and former employees" is mentioned explicitly in the article.

Being published in the Atlantic helps too, because that's a publication with strong editorial integrity and a great track record.

>>simonw+o7
This is also a good 2020 article on OpenAI, by the same author Karen Hao:

The messy, secretive reality behind OpenAI’s bid to save the world

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/02/17/844721/ai-openai...

The AI moonshot was founded in the spirit of transparency. This is the inside story of how competitive pressure eroded that idealism.

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