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667 of OpenAI's 770 employees have threaten to quit. Microsoft says they all have jobs at Microsoft if they want them. (www.cnbc.com)
submitted 11 months ago by fallingdowndizzyvr@alien.top to c/localllama@poweruser.forum
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[–] luquoo@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Feels like Ilya got played. Microsoft wants to monetize but can't get past the non-profit board, Ilya starts to get pushed out, worries about Sam having too much power, organizes a coup with the board. The board drops Sam, a bunch of the other employees make a big stink about it. Sam asks for them to "kneel" by recanting their earlier statements and apologize. Board doubles down, hires a new CEO. Sam defects to Microsoft, which he might have already sided with, guts organization that has some sort of guardrails on it. Now Satya and Sam have free reign over the project while Ilya is left on the sidelines. A well orchestrated business coup in a similar vein to how Suharto in Indonesia gained power.

  1. Someone defects, organizes a takeover (Ilya)
  2. You rush in as the savior (Microsoft), stabilize the situation, defeat the defectors who never had a chance
  3. Take control using emergency powers (Sam goes to Microsoft, enough of OpenAI goes with him to cement the takeover)

I don't think this was a planned thing per se. More opportunistic than anything.

[–] cleverusernametry@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Isn't this actually how Palpatine also took control of the Senate?

[–] goatchild@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

The proprietary AI is still on OpenAI. Folks working for MS wont cant take GPT with them they'd have to start from scratch. Also, MS still has an agreement with OpenAI unless there were some tiny letters that make the agreement void in case of shitstorm.