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The chaos surrounding OpenAI never ends. After Sam Altmann was fired from OpenAI, there were rumors about his return just one day later. This did not happen – instead, Twitch co-founder Emmet Shear took over his position.
Now Microsoft boss Satya Nadella has announced via X that Sam Altmann and Greg Brockann (co-founders of OpenAI) will be working at Microsoft in a new AI research team in the future.
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This got a new ball rolling: Over 500 of OpenAI’s approximately 700 employees threatened to leave the company and move to Microsoft in an open letter.
Current board of directors should resign
In this letter, the board of OpenAI is sharply criticized. The staff accuses him of a lack of competence, judgment and inadequate care for OpenAI’s mission and its employees.
Staff are calling on the entire board to resign so that a new one can be formed, with two leading independent members, such as Bret Taylor and Will Hurd. They are also calling for the reinstatement of Sam Altman and Greg Brockmann.
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If the demands are not met, the employees should all move to the new AI research team at Microsoft. The company has probably already promised them enough open positions.
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Curiously, the letter was also signed by Ilya Sutskever: he is also a board member and leading scientist at OpenAI and is himself accused of coordinating the coup against Altman.
In the letter itself there is no specific mention of the number of signatures and there are different reports about it that conflict.
Most, including internationally recognized publications such as CNN, assume around 500 signatures. Others, such as Forbeseven speak of 700 – that would be almost the entire workforce of the company.
In the letter itself – at least the part that can be viewed publicly – there are 12 signatures. It is therefore possible that more signatures are displayed on pages that are not publicly accessible in order to protect employee data.
The situation surrounding OpenAI remains turbulent and the next 24 hours could decide the future of the company.
We will continue to keep an eye on the situation surrounding OpenAI and will inform you of any new developments.