Connection: Nearly 500 OpenAI employees threaten to resign unless the board resigns and reappoints Sam Altman

ChainCatcher news, according to Wired, nearly 500 OpenAI employees have signed a letter stating that they may resign and join Microsoft unless the company's board of directors resigns and reinstates ousted CEO Sam Altman.

The letter states: "Your process of firing Sam Altman and removing Greg Brockman from the board jeopardizes all of our work and undermines our mission and the company. Your actions clearly demonstrate that you do not have the ability to oversee OpenAI." Notably, the signatories of the letter include the company's chief scientist and board member Ilya Sutskever, who has been accused of initially coordinating the board coup against Altman.

Shortly after the letter was released, Sutskever posted on X saying, "I deeply regret my involvement in the board's actions. I never intended to harm OpenAI. I love everything we have built together, and I will do everything I can to reunite the company."