In some cases, employees were given just a week to forfeit their equity or accept OpenAIs muzzle.
The ultra-restrictive NDA was reportedly signed by Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap.
These documents complicate the claims from OpenAI senior executives that they hadnt known about them.
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This follows a week of extensive reporting on the agreements and a massive public backlash.
An OpenAI spokesperson tells Gizmodo the company has not and never will take away an employees vested equity.
Former OpenAI policy researcher Gretchen Kruegerposted on XWednesday that she quit the company and shared Leikes concerns.
However, she also had more concerns of her own.
She warned that these gripes should not be misread as narrow, speculative, or disconnected.
The report details how most employees folded under the pressure from OpenAI and signed the restrictive NDAs.
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