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May 24, 2024

OpenAI releases former staffers from non-disparagement clauses

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1. OpenAI releases former staffers from non-disparagement clauses

  • ā€œWe have not and never will take away vested equity, even when people didn't sign the departure documents. We'll remove nondisparagement clauses from our standard departure paperwork, and we'll release former employees from existing nondisparagement obligations unless the nondisparagement provision was mutual.ā€

  • Unclear whether the general release mandate for leaving employees was also being eliminated, but we expect it to be so.

  • Meeting with staff also included concerns over Scarlett Johansson — the company denied it trained its voice models on the actress’ voice.

2. Foldable MacBook could come in 2026, rather than 2027: top analyst

Foldable MacBook mockup by Astropad.

  • 20ā€ version would fold into a 14-15ā€ form factor, and a 19ā€ is also being studied.

  • Est. price: ~$3.5K, the price of the Vision Pro.

  • Est. shipments: 1M units in 2026.

  • M5 series processor expected.

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4. NVIDIA CEO Huang reaches $91B net worth, 17th richest, ahead of Waltons

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