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Someone at OpenAI hates the man's guts. It's that simple.

Even with very public cases of company leaders who did horrible things (much worse than lying), the companies that fired them said nothing officially. The person just "resigned". There's just no reason open up even the faintest possibility of an expensive lawsuit, even if they believe they can win.

So yeah, someone definitely told the lawyers to go fuck themselves when they decided to go with this inflammatory language.

>>wavemo+(OP)
Well, for their sake, I hope they either issue a retraction soon, have good lawyers and documentation of their decision, or Sam turns out to be a forgiving person.

I wouldn't put money on the last one, though.

>>wavemo+(OP)
I don't know that this is always the case. For example, when BK was forced to resign from Intel, the board's announcement was quite specific on why.

>>wavemo+(OP)
You can't say a person resigned if they refused to resign, correct? If the person says they refuse to resign you have to fire them. So that's one scenario where they would have to say they fired him.

You also wouldn't try to avoid a lawsuit if you believed (hypothetically) it was impossible to avoid a lawsuit.

>>wavemo+(OP)
> So yeah, someone definitely told the lawyers to go fuck themselves when they decided to go with this inflammatory language.

You're assuming they even consulted the lawyers...