Update: As of a minute ago, 700 out of the 770 employees have now signed the letter.
I wonder how real this threat really is.
Sam Altman is not the only guy who knows how to monetize things. Also these employees are sitting on 10M+ bonuses that they will NEVER get from Microsoft. At most they will get 250K-500K TC.
Sam Altman is not the only guy who knows how to monetize things. Also these employees are sitting on 10M+ bonuses that they will NEVER get from Microsoft. At most they will get 250K-500K TC.
Salesforce has issued an open offer to all OpenAI employees. They will match both salary and equity.
Satya already made the announcement that Sam is joining Microsoft, so it’s pretty much impossible for OpenAI board to reinstate Sam as ceo.
The board can resign but they won’t get Sam back, so I think at this point OpenAI is going to crumble and Microsoft will take in everyone
Satya already made the announcement that Sam is joining Microsoft, so it’s pretty much impossible for OpenAI board to reinstate Sam as ceo.
Nadella said tonight that he’s OK with Altman being reinstated as CEO of OpenAI. Considering Microsoft’s relationship with OpenAI, it benefits Microsoft. So whether Altman is in Microsoft or it’s partner OpenAI is OK with him.
Only if Sam sign a contract with MS, and it explicitly prevents that.
This is a giant cluster fuck.
I threaten to quit too. I don’t work at OpenAI, but I’ll quit my job and happily accept Microsoft’s offer in solidarity.
I think government wanted more control and Microsoft is more willing to rollover. I believe this is a setup. I also believe government is freaking out over the power of AI and want to control it. The powers that be did not plan over drastic productivity increasing tool in the hands of anyone that signs up. They missed controlling the internet and the personal computer. This is at least as big in potential.
Uuuh nice, job openings!