The scene that unfolded in the Musk vs Altman trial last week was like something plucked from a nightmare. Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s 38-year-old president, was forced to listen as his private diary entries were read out to a courtroom that contained a judge, jury, his own colleagues, the world’s media and a YouTube livestream that anyone could join.
“Financially, what will take me to $1B?” he wrote in 2017. Relatable! The experience of seeing such self-absorbed musings made public was, Brockman said, “very painful”.
Consider this your periodic reminder that it is never a good idea to write personal things on a work-linked device or send indiscreet messages to your colleagues.