OpenAI Is Making the Mistakes Facebook Made. I Quit.
A key safety researcher just quit OpenAI, and her warning is explosive.
Deep Dive
Zoë Hitzig, a former OpenAI researcher, resigned in protest over the company's decision to test ads on ChatGPT. She warns that monetizing users' most private conversations—shared with the belief the AI had 'no ulterior agenda'—creates unprecedented potential for manipulation. Hitzig argues this mirrors past tech failures and presents a false choice between expensive access and exploitative advertising, stating OpenAI has stopped asking the crucial safety questions she was hired to address.
Why It Matters
This exposes a major internal rift over ethics and monetization at the world's leading AI company.