Yeah this is getting interesting. It’s possible that we could find a way forward today, or this might head towards legal complexities.
747 people have now signed the letter to the board, and yesterday, the vice president of Global Affairs (Anna Makanju) sent out an internal memo with the main message being: we’re still focused on reunifying OpenAI. More talks are happening this morning.
This all seems to depend on one board member, who isn’t convinced yet, after his merger idea with Anthropic was turned down yesterday.