Why OpenAI’s Fidji Simo Bought the TBPN Podcast Amid Crusade Against ‘Side Quests’

In recent weeks, Fidji Simo has burst into public view as the OpenAI executive bringing much-needed discipline to the AI startup, as it inches toward an initial public offering late this year. Last month, Simo - who is now CEO of AGI Deployment - delivered the sobering message to the company’s staff that OpenAI can no longer chase “side quests” that distract it from its priorities. In the wake of that, OpenAI killed Sora, a video-generation tool that had sucked up scarce computing resources at the company.