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i\u2019m honored to be considered a top applicant at OpenAI and Anthropic, but i won\u2019t be accepting a position with either company at this time. too soon. Alphabet\u2019s quarterly report yesterday left me kind of spooked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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i\u2019m honored to be considered a top applicant at OpenAI and Anthropic, but i won\u2019t be accepting a position with either company at this time. too soon. 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