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Zachary Lipton's satirical post claiming Barret Zoph joined Thinky Machines prompts calls for parody disclaimers

Lucas Beyer and Soumith Chintala urged Lipton to clarify.

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@zacharylipton @thinkymachines @OpenAI You need to mark this as parody at least in the replies my dude, or it will be on the NYT on Monday

BREAKING NEWS: Barret Zoph rejoins @thinkymachines as Chief Financial Officer after just 5 months at @OpenAI. Stand by for updates.

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@zacharylipton @thinkymachines @OpenAI this is parody, thought it was worth spelling it out for people who think this is real

BREAKING NEWS: Barret Zoph rejoins @thinkymachines as Chief Financial Officer after just 5 months at @OpenAI. Stand by for updates.

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