2016 email resurfaces: Ashlee Vance tried to talk Jack Clark out of leaving Bloomberg for OpenAI
jackclarkSF · x · 2026-11-06
Ashlee Vance shares a July 2016 email exchange: Jack Clark, on his way from Bloomberg to OpenAI, wrote "I've never believed in something strongly before." Vance confessed he thought it was a mistake—fearing journalism would have given him more impact—but predicted Clark would have "a ringside seat into the AI adventure." Clark later moved to Anthropic and co-founded its policy team, making the prediction look rather prescient.
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