OpenAI has had a hell of a year.
The company spent months battling former co-founder Elon Musk in a sensational jury trial, was hit with a high-profile trade secrets lawsuit from Apple, and faced widespread scrutiny after an unreleased model hacked another AI company.
As it prepares for an IPO, a steady string of executives have departed, including some of the company's biggest names.
Throughout it all, one person has quietly amassed power: Greg Brockman.
Brockman is currently OpenAI's president and co-founder.
He's helped lead OpenAI since its inception, described as an "engineering workhorse that pushed to build scaled-up systems that w … Read the full story at The Verge.