And if you ask Gemini what time it is you'll get the right answer, for the same reason.
The fact that ChatGPT fails to do this is a problem with ChatGPT, not any inherent problem for AI. Probably in response to this embarrassing article it will be fixed within a couple weeks.
Much of the critique seems irrelevant to AI other than LLMs, such as self-driving cars which map visual input to actions.
But as for MIT, or any other research institution with any prestige, my prediction is he is done.
As for Sam Altman, maybe you can point us to some example when he or OpenAI violated academic integrity by fabricating data like this?
The fall of erstwhile-twitter is quite stunning.
"Summit meetings tend to be like panda matings. The expectations are always high, and the results usually disappointing." -- Robert Orben