'Directionally very bad' has entered the lexicon, thanks to Sam Altman and Mira Murati

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• Resurfaced texts between Sam Altman and Mira Murati have become raw material for meme makers.
• Judging from posts on X, "directionally very bad" has entered the meme lexicon.
• The texts are part of the evidence in the trial over Elon Musk's lawsuit against Altman and OpenAI.

There's something for everyone in the texts between former OpenAI colleagues Sam Altman and Mira Murati that resurfaced this week in the trial over Elon Musk's lawsuit.