747 Of 770 OpenAI Employees, Including The One Who Fired Him, Ask The Board To Resign And Bring Back Sam Altman

A mutiny is brewing at OpenAI after the company’s board refused to bring back Sam Altman and Greg Brockman – 747 of 770 employees have asked the company’s board to resign.

While Altman has been hired by Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) now, OpenAI’s senior executives, engineers, and researchers are openly voicing their protest now.

The Satya Nadella-led Microsoft is OpenAI’s single largest investor, with a 49% stake.

Update: According to the Financial Times, 747 of 770 employees have co-signed a letter asking the OpenAI board to resign.

“Your actions have made it obvious that you are incapable of overseeing OpenAI. We, the undersigned, may choose to resign from OpenAI and join the newly announced Microsoft subsidiary run by Sam Altman and Greg Brockman,” the letter says.

The letter says Microsoft has assured that there are positions for all OpenAI employees at the new AI subsidiary. They have demanded the resignation of the existing OpenAI board, reinstatement of Altman and Brockman, and appointment of two new lead independent directors, Bret Taylor and Will Hurd.

Interestingly, Ilya Sutskever, who led the firing of Altman and Brockman, has co-signed this letter, too.

Breaking: 505 of 700 employees @OpenAI tell the board to resign. pic.twitter.com/M4D0RX3Q7a

— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) November 20, 2023

See Also: ‘Deeply Regret My Participation’: OpenAI’s Chief Scientist Who Voted To Oust Altman Vows To ‘Reunite’ The Company Amid Staff Rebellion

What Happened: In what could prove to be a disastrous move for the leader in the AI industry, OpenAI’s board has more trouble on its hands, with dozens of employees either quitting or publicly protesting against it.

This includes Mira Murati, the CTO of OpenAI, who was also appointed as the interim CEO before Emmett Shear replaced her.

OpenAI is nothing without its people

— Mira Murati (@miramurati) November 20, 2023

See Also: OpenAI’s New CEO Says Real Reason Behind Sam Altman Ouster Not AI Safety: Gives Clue On Future Direction

Brad Lightcap, the company’s Chief Operating Officer, Jason Kwon, the chief strategy officer, and other staff, including engineers, researchers, and those from the product team all joined in to support Altman, Brockman, and other OpenAI employees who were either fired or quit the company in protest.

OpenAI is nothing…