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ON A BRIGHT MONDAY MORNING AT THE END OF JANUARY, THE SIX-PERSON LEADERSHIP TEAM BEHIND CHATGPT THE MOST ADVANCED AI CHATBOT EVER TO BE DEPLOYED TO A MASS AUDIENCE-GATHERS FOR ITS WEEKLY MEETING.

- AINSLEY HARRIS

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IT'S TAKING PLACE IN OPENAI'S San Francisco headquarters, a former factory that's now home to 375 researchers, engineers, and policy specialists the people responsible for creating the breakthrough technology. Past the building's imposing gate, through a courtyard edged by palm trees, and down the hall from a pebble fountain that emits a spalike burble, the team members arrive at a snug conference room, laptops in hand.

OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati takes a seat at the center of the table. Winter sunshine filters through a row of casement windows and a cluster of hanging plants. Murati, her hair drawn up into a haphazard ponytail, sips a glass of green tea and turns to a fresh page of a yellow legal pad, signaling for the ChatGPT team to launch into its update. There's a lot to talk about.