OpenAI Employees Threaten to Resign and Join Microsoft
- Over 500 OpenAI employees have threatened to resign from the company and join Microsoft.
- Microsoft has hired ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and former OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman to lead a new “advanced AI research team.”
- A letter from the OpenAI employees to the board states that Microsoft has assured them of positions at the new subsidiary if they choose to join.
- The employees want the board to reinstate Altman and Brockman, and if not, they will resign.
- The board has already made its choice to remain in place and has named a new CEO.
Most of the staff at OpenAI, a leading artificial intelligence research laboratory, have threatened to resign from the company and join Microsoft. This comes after Microsoft has hired ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and former OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman to lead a new “advanced AI research team.” The news was reported on by Wired and journalist Kara Swisher.
In a letter to OpenAI’s board, more than 500 current OpenAI staffers expressed their intention to leave the company if the board does not reinstate Altman and Brockman and then resign. However, the board has already made its choice to remain in place and has named a new CEO, leaving Altman and Brockman out.
The OpenAI employees state in their letter that Microsoft has assured them that there are positions available for all OpenAI employees at the new subsidiary if they choose to join
