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		NeutralCrane on Nov 21, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sam Altman is still trying to return as OpenAI CEO Microsoft has already done major layoffs over the last year of their own employees. Why wouldn’t they lay off OpenAI employees?

wavemode on Nov 21, 2023 [–]

You're basically asking "why would a company lay off employees in one business unit and not another?"

To which the answer is completely obvious: it depends on how they view the ROI potential of that business unit.

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