OpenAI employees threaten to quit unless Sam Altman's reinstated

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The future of OpenAI appeared in limbo Monday, with hundreds of company employees signing a letter calling on the board to step down after it was unable to reach an agreement to bring back ousted CEO Sam Altman.

Hours later, a letter, which was first reported by Wired and journalist Kara Swisher and later shared with NBC News, said OpenAi employees would resign and possibly join Microsoft "unless all current board members resign, and the board appoints two new lead independent directors, such as Bret Taylor and Will Hurd, and reinstates Sam Altman and Greg Brockman."

"Your actions have made it obvious that you are incapable of overseeing OpenAI," the letter reads. "We are unable to work for or with people that lack competence, judgement and care for our mission and employees. We, the undersigned, may choose to resign from OpenAI and join the newly announced Microsoft subsidiary run by Sam Altman and Greg Brockman."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/com...1&cvid=ed2e316a7b4d4fa280548251b1155eed&ei=32

there are 770 employees. the letter was signed by 670 of them.

 

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Let'em quit.

 

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Satya Nadella added $63 billion in market value for Microsoft with a ‘poker move for the ages’​

without risking their $13B stake in the AI startup, and with their stock prices taking a 2% hit friday, Nadella has pulled off a 'coup' by hiring Altman and former OpenAI president, Brockman, heading off a loss of their talent to the likes of Google, Amazon or Apple. And now with almost the entire staff of Open AI threatening to quit, it kinda looks as if Microsoft will have a jugular hold on this tech. For now, at least.

 

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Satya Nadella added $63 billion in market value for Microsoft with a ‘poker move for the ages’​

without risking their $13B stake in the AI startup, and with their stock prices taking a 2% hit friday, Nadella has pulled off a 'coup' by hiring Altman and former OpenAI president, Brockman, heading off a loss of their talent to the likes of Google, Amazon or Apple. And now with almost the entire staff of Open AI threatening to quit, it kinda looks as if Microsoft will have a jugular hold on this tech. For now, at least.

Three things. 1. It looks as though Microsoft could in effect, take over this company without paying a cent for it.
2. Amazon, Meta, Google, Apple etc. have fallen behind in AI but not so far that they cannot fix it.
3. 670 OpenAI staff responded like a Union- without being one!

We live in interesting times.

 

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https://fortune.com/2023/11/22/sam-altman-returns-ceo-new-board-bret-taylor-larry-summers/

Altman reinstated, with investors led by Microsoft pushing for the changes.