Over all, I think you’re right, this came off as a huge win for Microsoft (through Satya) in the public eye. And because Microsoft owns 49% of OpenAI, it might be enough to offset this disaster.
However, now when it comes to evaluation and investment, who is going to invest in OpenAI when they know that at any moment Microsoft could simply hire all the top actors and over 90% of its employees if something goes wrong and essentially leave OpenAI as a hollow entity…
My hopes is that Microsoft gives them a 100b+ evaluation and goes ahead to just buy the company, at least then everyone knows where we stand.