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Altman says he didn’t know about OpenAI’s equity clause — documents show a different story

OpenAI has been having a bit of a scandalous time of late. The startup lost safety researchers, then dissolved its alignment team, then was dealt a bunch of safety-related criticism from those departed researchers and somehow managed to get itself into a very public fight with Scarlett Johansson.

And in the midst of this, it came out that OpenAI makes every employee who departs the company sign non-disparagement & non-disclosure agreements in order to keep their vested equity. 

• CEO Sam Altman apologized for this, saying he had no idea the clause existed. 

But Vox reporter Kelsey Piper obtained hundreds of documents from ex-employees — bearing the signatures of OpenAI executives including Altman — detailing the practice. Vox published several of these documents in a recent piece. 

• “It seems to me that I’m being asked to sign away various rights in return for being allowed to keep my vested equity,” one ex-employee wrote in an email to OpenAI HR. “It’s a lot of money, and an unfair choice to have to make, but I value my right to constructively criticize OpenAI more.”

OpenAI told Vox that it is removing the non-disparagement clauses and releasing former employees from those clauses. 

Trust is a core element of responsible AI construction. There is an environment of lies, half-truths and abusive behavior that seems to surround this company, which either bodes ill for OpenAI, or for everyone else.

Spotify Tests Spanish-Speaking AI DJ "Livi" 🎧️ 

Spotify is developing a Spanish-speaking AI DJ named “DJ Livi,” building on its existing AI DJ feature, DJ X, which launched globally last year in English.

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References to DJ Livi were discovered in the app’s code by tech veteran Chris Messina, suggesting that users in Mexico and potentially other markets could soon switch their AI DJ’s language from English to Spanish.

While Spotify hasn’t confirmed a launch, the move aligns with the global popularity of Spanish. This initiative is part of Spotify’s broader strategy to integrate AI technologies, including AI-driven ads and personalized playlists.

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