Nolan Church breaks down what is happening over at OpenAI and what we know about three developing stories involving exec departures, equity, and transparency. Kelli is on vacation this week. He touches on:

* The departure of Ilya Sutskever, co-founder and chief scientist, along with Jan Lieke

* The journalistic investigation by Vox's Kelsey Piper, who broke the story of OpenAI's practice of requiring departing employees to sign life-long non-disclosure and non-disparagement agreements, threatening the loss of vested equity for breach

* The incident involving Scarlett Johansson being approached to voice OpenAI’s AI, without her consent, raising questions about ethical use of voice likeness in AI technologies

Nolan debriefs with lessons for HR leaders and company founders.

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TIMESTAMPS:

(00:00) Intro

(00:47) The Big Departures: OpenAI's Executive Shake-Up

(03:31) OpenAI's Controversial NDAs

(05:12) Sponsors: Attio

(08:21) The Scarlett Johansson Voice Saga

(10:04) The Future of OpenAI and HR Lessons

(10:50) Wrap

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