'Your actions have made it obvious that you are incapable of overseeing OpenAI.
In their letter, OpenAI employees accused the board of acting against the best interests of the company. If Altman and Brockman don't return to OpenAI, hundreds of employees may end up joining them at Microsoft. According to The Verge, Altman and Brockman may still get their jobs back at OpenAI if the board steps aside. Even though there were suggestions that Satya Nadella has effectively acquihired OpenAI for free, the Microsoft CEO said his company remains 'committed to our partnership with OpenAI.'Īlthough Nadella says Altman, Brockman and others now seemingly have new positions at Microsoft, that may not yet be a done deal.
The news of Altman's firing reportedly caught Microsoft by surprise.
Microsoft is OpenAI's biggest investor and it's using the company's tech to help power its generative AI-driven products such as Copilot. There was yet another major development late Sunday/early Monday morning, as Microsoft hired Altman, Brockman and several of their former OpenAI colleagues to head up a new advanced AI research team.
