Hundreds of staff at OpenAI are considering quitting the company and joining Microsoft following the sacking of CEO Sam Altman. Altman has now been hired by Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research team. The staff have demanded the resignation of the board responsible for Altman's departure.
Hundreds of staff at OpenAI threatened to quit the leading artificial intelligence company on Monday and join Microsoft , deepening a crisis triggered by the shock sacking of CEO Sam Altman. In a fast-moving sequence of events, Altman, who was ousted by the board on Friday, has now been hired by Microsoft where he will take the lead in developing a new advanced AI research team.
In a letter released to media, the vast majority of OpenAI's 770-strong staff suggested they would follow Altman unless the board responsible for his departure resigned. "Your actions have made it obvious that you are incapable of overseeing OpenAI," the letter said. "Microsoft has assured us that there are positions for all OpenAI employees at this new subsidiary should we choose to join." Among the signatories was Ilya Sutskever, the company's chief scientist and a member of the four-person board who pushed Altman out. "I deeply regret my participation in the board’s actions," Sutskever said in a post on X, formally Twitter. "I never meant to harm OpenAI
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