Will DePue clarifies his Manhattan Project jab targeted the OpenAI for Startups hire
willdepue · x · 2026-10-20
Responding to Aleksander Madry, Will DePue clarified that his Manhattan Project quip wasn't aimed at Madry but at a member of the OpenAI for Startups team — the person whose much-liked "I've joined OpenAI" tweet he had mocked.
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