OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns • Hacker News Board

Re: OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns

#61

Post by dschuetz » Mon, Nov 20, 2023, 2:07 PM UTC

Who needs to buy out a 80bln dollars worth AI startup when talent is jumping ship in their direction already. OpenAI is dead.

Re: OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns

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Post by alex_suzuki » Mon, Nov 20, 2023, 2:07 PM UTC

rats, sinking ship, …

Re: OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns

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Post by catchnear4321 » Mon, Nov 20, 2023, 2:07 PM UTC

sebzim4500 wrote: post #54

mjirv wrote: post #15

The key line: “Microsoft has assured us that there are positions for all OpenAl employees at this new subsidiary should we choose to join.”

I think everyone assumed this was an aquihire without the "aqui-" but this is the first time I've seen it explicitly stated.

hostile takeunder?

Re: OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns

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Post by andrewfromx » Mon, Nov 20, 2023, 2:08 PM UTC

so what happens if @eshear calls this probably-not-a-bluff, but lets everyone walk? The people that remain get new options and 500 other people still definitely want to work at OAI?

Re: OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns

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Post by endisneigh » Mon, Nov 20, 2023, 2:08 PM UTC

The pace to which OpenAI is speedrunning their demise is remarkable.

Literally just last week there were articles about OpenAI paying “10 million” dollar salaries to poach top talent.

Oops.

Re: OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns

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Post by saagarjha » Mon, Nov 20, 2023, 2:08 PM UTC

0xDEF wrote: post #56

georgehill wrote: post #3

> Remarkably, the letter’s signees include Ilya Sutskever, the company’s CTO who has been blamed for coordinating the boardroom coup against Altman in the first place. What in the world is happening at OpenAI?

Ilya is much less active on Twitter than the others. The rumors that blamed him emerged and spread like wildfire and he did nothing to stop it because he probably only checks Twitter once a week.

One would think that he would be on Twitter this week.

Re: OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns

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Post by kranke155 » Mon, Nov 20, 2023, 2:08 PM UTC

simonw wrote: post #29

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, what the hell? Do we know why Murati was replaced?

I heard it was because she tried to hire Sam and Greg back.

So who's against it and why ?

I wonder if it will take 20 years to learn the whole story.

Re: OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns

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Post by zeven7 » Mon, Nov 20, 2023, 2:09 PM UTC

georgehill wrote: post #3

> Remarkably, the letter’s signees include Ilya Sutskever, the company’s CTO who has been blamed for coordinating the boardroom coup against Altman in the first place. What in the world is happening at OpenAI?

What options are left other than Adam D'Angelo orchestrated the downfall of a competitor to Poe?

Re: OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns

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Post by dougmwne » Mon, Nov 20, 2023, 2:09 PM UTC

georgehill wrote: post #3

> Remarkably, the letter’s signees include Ilya Sutskever, the company’s CTO who has been blamed for coordinating the boardroom coup against Altman in the first place. What in the world is happening at OpenAI?

(Rips off mask) Wow, it was the Quora CEO all along!

So this was never about safety or any such bullshit. It’s because GTPs store was in direct competition with Poe!?

Re: OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns

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Post by baradhiren07 » Mon, Nov 20, 2023, 2:09 PM UTC

The great Closing of “Open”AI.