OpenAI Staff Threaten to Quit Unless Board Resigns

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the OpenAI DevDay event on Nov. 6, 2023 in San Francisco. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Monday, 20 November 2023 09:50 AM EST ET

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.

OpenAI did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

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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.
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