OpenAI staff threaten to quit and join former boss Sam Altman unless board resigns

According to a recent report, about 500 members of OpenAI staff said they would resign following Sam Altman's ousting from the company.

By: Reuters
Updated: November 21, 2023 08:11 AM IST

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Unlike a calculator that can solve a limited number of operations, AGI can generalize, learn and comprehend. (Express Photo)

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OpenAI’s staff has threatened to quit the artificial intelligence startup and join former boss Sam Altman at Microsoft’s new division unless the board resigns, according to a letter seen by Reuters.

Apart from Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, Chief Data Scientist Ilya Sutskever and Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap, about 500 members of OpenAI staff said they would resign, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.