OpenAI CEO Altman took to X (Twitter) to respond to earlier rumors of a "gag" severance clause:The company has never taken back anyone's vested interest, even if people don't sign severance agreements (or don't agree to non-disparagement agreements), they don't do the above.
Altman said, "It's my responsibility and one of the few times I've been really embarrassed in my management of OpenAI. I didn't know this was going to happen, but I should have known." Over the past month or so, theThe team has begun fixing standard exit documents. If any former employees who signed these old agreements are concerned about this, they can contact me and we will address this as well. I apologize for that.
In OpenAI's previous separation documents, there was a clause about potential "clawbacks".But Altman says the clause was never actually implemented and "should not appear" in any document or communication..
After the high-profile announcement of the departure of two OpenAI security researchers - Jan Leike and co-founder and former Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever - the reasons for their departure were not disclosed. Only on Friday, local time, did Jan Leike say he was leaving because OpenAI's security culture and processes had been replaced by "shiny products. According to Vox, the pair have remained silent on the reasons for their departures.It may be due to the signing of non-disclosure agreements that prohibit former employees from criticizing the company, or even prohibit them from acknowledging the existence of a non-disclosure agreement.