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The Role Models · Season One · Episode 11 · 36 min

The Vanishing Word

March 2024 to 2026: most of the founders leave, a co-founder sues, the nonprofit nearly gives up control and then doesn't, and one word — "safely" — disappears from a tax form. Episode 11 asks what OpenAI became after the safeguard was tested and overruled.

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Disclaimer: a dramatization based on public records, including court filings, published emails and company posts. Some scenes and dialogue are reconstructed or composited. Voices are AI-generated and perform words from the public record; they are not intended to resemble any real person. Not affiliated with or endorsed by OpenAI or any person depicted. Allegations in court filings are unproven claims.

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