OpenAI's recently departed VP of research calls Google's comeback 'OpenAI's fumble'

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

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• Jerry Tworek, former VP of research at OpenAI, said the startup fumbled its lead over Google in the AI race.
• OpenAI put the fear into not only Google but most of the tech industry with the release of ChatGPT.
• Tworek said Google's recent gains with Gemini are as much about the search giant as they are about OpenAI's missteps.

Sometimes a comeback story starts with a fumble.

A former top OpenAI researcher...