<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>Calvin French-Owen, a former OpenAI engineer, recently resigned from the company after working on Codex, one of OpenAI's new products.</li><li>During his year at OpenAI, the company grew rapidly from 1,000 to 3,000 employees with challenges in communication, organization, and management due to the quick expansion.</li><li>Despite the chaos, employees at OpenAI are empowered to act on their ideas with minimal red tape, leading to duplicated efforts and varying coding skills.</li><li>French-Owen highlighted the company's fast-paced, startup-like environment, secretive culture, and focus on practical safety issues despite misconceptions about OpenAI's approach to AI safety.</li></ul>

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