Many people will paint the past few days' events as a weird but minor setback in OpenAI’s ultimate history.
Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s confounder and president who quit in solidarity with Altman, indicated it was back to business as usual. Shortly after the news broke, he posted on X that he would start coding again, followed by a selfie with OpenAI employees celebrating.
OpenAI’s investors would certainly like that to be the case. They’ve spent the past few days nervously watching what is likely the crown jewel of their portfolios teeter dangerously close to a full-on implosion. They’d like it back on track toward another eye-popping valuation.
But can things just go back to normal?
Take Altman, who, ironically, is now arguably one of the most untouchable executives in the world. His firing led nearly everyone at OpenAI to threaten to quit.
That type of loyalty toward an executive is almost unheard of, Business Insider’s Tim Paradis writes. It gives Altman incredible leverage going forward. The next time a dispute arises, how can you argue with the guy who has an entire company willing to walk with him?
Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella, a key figure in the past few days' drama, comes out a winner. By helping to reinstall Altman at OpenAI, he stabilizes a key piece of Microsoft’s AI strategy. But it didn’t come easy.
In the midst of the turmoil, Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott said the company would hire hundreds of OpenAI employees. That did not sit well with some current Microsoft staffers, who have dealt with layoffs, a salary freeze, and cuts to its bonus budget this year, Business Insider’s Ashley Stewart and Julie Bort write.
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