It turned out that OpenAI employees sent a letter to the board of directors. The letter demanded that the board resign and that fired CEO Sam Altman be rehired. Otherwise, it was stated that more than 500 employees, which is almost the entire staff, would resign and Altman could join his team at Microsoft.
Technology world, the company that developed ChatGPT for the last three days at OpenAI is shaken by what happened. The company’s board of directors fired CEO Sam Altman for no reason on Friday. After this, investors and employees put pressure on the board, especially for Altman to return. Although it was initially considered highly likely that he would return, it was announced this morning that a new CEO was appointed to OpenAI, and Altman was appointed to head a new artificial intelligence team at Microsoft.
While the OpenAI drama continued unabated, employees were also reacting to the company management about Altman’s firing. Now the employees sent a letter to the management appeared.
More than 500 employees want management to resign and say they could switch from OpenAI to Microsoft
According to the letter unearthed by Wired and Journalist Kara Swisher 505 OpenAI employees send letter to board of directors. In the letter, Sam Altman reinstatement and board resignation They stated that it was necessary. Otherwise they will resign They also added.
Let us note that OpenAI has around 700 employees. According to the information received, the number of people who signed this letter is also increasing. As we said at the beginning, Altman is now at Microsoft. So the eater won’t come back unless something unexpected happens. There is no information about whether the board will resign or not. If the conditions are not met, OpenAI could lose almost all of its staff.
Employees say OpenAI’s management is endangering their jobs and accuse them of undermining the board’s missions and the company. They add that Altman and Greg Brockman (the OpenAI founder left along with Altman) may join the new AI team at Microsoft. So Microsoft may have found hundreds of employees to add to Altman’s new team.
They also reacted via X:
This letter was not the only reaction from OpenAI staff. Dozens of employees posted on X (Twitter) “OpenAI is nothing without its people.” He shared his post and reacted. Sam Altman also quoted these posts and sent a heart emoji. All these events are an indication that OpenAI, which has left its mark on the last year, does not have good days ahead.
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