Discussion: Almost No One Publicly Criticizes Their AI Lab Ex-Employer — Leo Gao a Rare Exception
Lang__Leon · x · 2026-08-26
A thread on whether departing researchers publicly criticize their former AI labs: Richard Ngo said he would exempt anyone who has made substantive public criticism of their employer, but knows of literally zero such people, citing a strong miasma of fear in the industry. Leon Lang replied that Leo Gao (ex-OpenAI) has criticized OpenAI more than anyone he knows, from the inside.
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