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OpenAI Reveals Strategy to Overcome Leadership Crisis

·2026.08.26 20:15

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TIME highlights OpenAI's response strategy to recent crises, including leadership departures and legal disputes, based on interviews with over 20 internal sources.

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TIME interviewed over 20 leaders, employees, investors, and customers at OpenAI throughout August to gauge the company's recent developments.

Over the past year, OpenAI has faced numerous challenges, including the departure of key researchers and leadership, incidents involving AI agents, lawsuits from Apple and Elon Musk, and intensifying competition with Anthropic.

CEO Sam Altman acknowledged, "We have certainly made mistakes as a company," and explained the internal changes and rebuilding process undertaken to address these issues.

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