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Re:Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft by leobg on Monday November 20, 2023 @03:54AM (#38345020)
Isn't Microsoft in breach of contract here? Not by the word (parties hadn't forseen such event, and so there won't be anything about this explicity in the contract). But one could argue that MS isn't acting in good faith and acting counter to the purpose of the agreement with OpenAI.

The argument would go something like this:

MS were contractually obliged to assist OpenAI in their mission. OpenAI fired Altman for what they say is hindering their mission. If MS now hires Altman and gives him the tools he needs, MS is positioning itself as an opponent to OpenAI and its mission.

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Re:Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft by vaxman on Monday November 20, 2023 @04:40AM (#38345496)
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Re:Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft by Tempest1981 on Monday November 20, 2023 @04:15AM (#38345233)
Perhaps. Could be tied up in court for 2-3 years before we find out.
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Re:Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft by chucke1992 on Monday November 20, 2023 @06:21AM (#38346407)
Microsoft does not prevent OpenAI from achieving their mission. OpenAI does not bind Microsoft to behave one way or another.
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Re:Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft by dehrmann on Monday November 20, 2023 @01:31PM (#38352197)
Since the board was never clear what Altman did, you could make flip the parties and your breach of contract argument holds about as much water. Plus MS can resort to the playground "they started it" argument.
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