Ryan Biermeister, OpenAI’s vice president of product policy, was fired in January after a male co-worker accused him of sexual discrimination, according to the Wall Street Journal. have reported.
“The allegation that I discriminated against anyone is absolutely false,” Biermeister told the Journal. TechCrunch contacted OpenAI for comment and also contacted an email that appears to belong to Bayermeister; No one had responded at the time of publication.
As the Journal reports, Bayermeister’s dismissal came after he expressed criticism of a planned ChatGPAT feature called “Adult Mode”. The new mode will introduce erotica into the chatbot user experience. Fiji Simo, who serves as OpenAI’s CEO of Applications – overseeing the company’s consumer-facing products – It has been told Journalists say the new feature is planned to launch during the first quarter of this year.
According to the report, Bayermeister and others at the company have raised concerns about how the new “adult” feature could potentially affect some users.
OpenAI reportedly said that Bayermeister, who was fired after reportedly taking a leave of absence, had “made valuable contributions during his time at OpenAI, and his departure was not related to any issues raised while working at the company.”
Bayermeister’s LinkedIn Profile She says she previously worked on Meta’s product team for four years and spent more than seven years working for Palantir.
