An artificial intelligence researcher raised some eyebrows Friday when he posted about the status of another researcher who had been denied a green card to stay in the U.S. despite her being in America for 12 years. But it may be more of a “kerfuffle,” or fuss that should end well.

Researcher Noam Brown posted that he was “deeply concerned” about the status of Kai Chen, who left the U.S for Canada after her immigration status request had been denied.

Newsweek reported that Chen clarified what at first seemed like a dubious set of circumstances. She had completed her green card application before starting her work for OpenAI.

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