Curated By: Shaurya Sharma
Last Updated: November 23, 2023, 15:52 IST
San Francisco, California, USA
Microsoft was able to welcome a wave of OpenAI staff.
Had Sam Altman joined Microsoft as a substitute of returning to OpenAI, Microsoft would have handed out MacBooks to OpenAI staff as a substitute of Surface gadgets. Read on to seek out out why
Microsoft was able to welcome a wave of OpenAI staff who would have joined the corporate had Sam Altman not gone again to OpenAI as CEO. In doing so, it had ready itself with workplace infrastructure, computing gadgets–together with Apple MacBooks, and extra.
As per CNBC and Axios, this got here after a whole bunch of OpenAI staff signed a letter demanding OpenAI’s board to be dissolved (which finally occurred) or they might comply with Altman to Microsoft.
You is perhaps questioning why Microsoft would give out MacBooks as onboarding kits as a substitute of its personal Windows-powered Surface computer systems. The reply is straightforward: Microsoft is a software program-first firm, and it makes software program for a variety of platforms, together with MacOS and iOS. To develop for Mac, you want a Mac. And since OpenAI’s apps are multi-platform, Microsoft might have been blissful offering Macs to OpenAI staff.
In common, the kind of laptop computer or gear equipment you get throughout onboarding will depend on which staff you be a part of. So, some individuals may get Windows-based computer systems, whereas others may get rival Apple’s MacBooks.
With that stated, Kevin Scott, Microsoft’s CTO, brazenly talked about matching the compensation OpenAI staff had been getting, doubtlessly attempting to influence them.
Axios additionally reported that Microsoft was establishing an area for OpenAI staff at LinkedIn’s (Microsoft-owned) San Francisco workplace, which is minutes away from OpenAI’s primary facility. But none of this occurred as Sam Altman, together with Greg Brockman, made his transfer again to OpenAI.
But evidently nothing of this kind occurred as OpenAI’s previous board bought dissolved, and Sam Altman, together with Greg Brockman made their return to the corporate.
“We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam Altman to return to OpenAI as CEO with a new initial board of Bret Taylor (Chair), Larry Summers, and Adam D’Angelo. We are collaborating to figure out the details. Thank you so much for your patience through this,” OpenAI stated on X (previously Twitter).
