{"id":1205156,"date":"2023-11-21T13:54:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T18:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1205156"},"modified":"2023-11-21T13:54:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T18:54:25","slug":"sam-altman-is-said-to-be-in-talks-with-the-openai-board-about-a-possible-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1205156","title":{"rendered":"Sam Altman is said to be in talks with the OpenAI board about a possible return"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even though it seemed that former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman would lead a new AI research division at Microsoft<\/a>, he might still get his old job back. According to Bloomberg<\/em><\/a>, the OpenAI board \u2014 which caused chaos at the company<\/a> when it fired Altman on Friday<\/a> \u2014 has reopened discussions with the former chief executive regarding his possible reinstatement.<\/p>\n

The talks are said to involve board member (and Quora CEO) Adam D\u2019Angelo as well as OpenAI investors, some of whom have been pushing for Altman’s return. According to the report, board members “largely refused to engage” with Altman until Monday, so these latest talks are said to be a significant development.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Kevin Scott, Microsoft’s chief technology officer, said that his company will match the compensation OpenAI workers are currently receiving if they jump ship. Most of the company’s workers have threatened to walk<\/a> unless the OpenAI board resigns and reinstates Altman and former president Greg Brockman (who resigned in protest over the board booting out Altman). They warned the board on Monday that Microsoft is willing to hire them too, and Scott has confirmed that.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo my partners at OpenAI: We have seen your petition and appreciate your desire potentially to join Sam Altman at Microsoft\u2019s new AI Research Lab,\u201d Scott wrote on X<\/a>, formerly Twitter. \u201cKnow that if needed, you have a role at Microsoft that matches your compensation and advances our collective mission.\u201d<\/p>\n

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To my partners at OpenAI: We have seen your petition and appreciate your desire potentially to join Sam Altman at Microsoft\u2019s new AI Research Lab. Know that if needed, you have a role at Microsoft that matches your compensation and advances our collective mission.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Kevin Scott (@kevin_scott) November 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

It’s unclear whether Scott’s offer is contingent on Altman officially joining Microsoft, as CNBC<\/em><\/a> notes. In any case, OpenAI workers may not have too much trouble finding a new job if they resign, as many tech companies are battling to hire AI experts. For instance, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said<\/a> that any OpenAI researcher who has quit will receive matching salary and equity if they join his company.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in interviews he gave after saying Altman and Brockman were joining his company on Monday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella reiterated that he wants to keep working with OpenAI. However, he noted “that depends on the people of OpenAI staying there or coming to Microsoft. So I\u2019m open to both options, but one thing I will not do is stop innovating.” Nadella also said that \u201cAt this point, I think it\u2019s very clear that something has to change around the governance” at the ChatGPT operator.<\/p>\n

After Altman’s sudden firing<\/a>, he and Brockman spent the weekend in crunch talks<\/a> with the OpenAI board in an effort to get their jobs back. Those initial talks proved unsuccessful, and the board has appointed<\/a> former Twitch chief executive Emmett Shear as interim CEO.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The OpenAI board has declined to share the exact reasoning for its decision to fire Altman, though it claimed that he had not been “consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities.” After he took the reins, Shear said<\/a> he’d bring in an independent investigator “to dig into the entire process leading up to this point and generate a full report.\u201d According to Bloomberg<\/em>, Shear has told folks in the OpenAI orbit that he won’t stay on board if he doesn’t get a clear explanation from the board as to why it ousted Altman.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/sam-altman-is-said-to-be-in-talks-with-the-openai-board-about-a-possible-return-185425350.html?src=rss
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