Microsoft's Nov 19 "partnership" maybe bad faith given Nov 21 plan to gut OpenAI

That just doesn't match the timeline clearly indicates Microsoft responded to a massive chunk of their valuation potentially evaporating and did damage control.

I can't believe I'm defending Microsoft. But objectivity demands it.

Given what information has progressively come out this could also just be a reasonable response to a train wreck of incompetence. E.g on the 19th they could reasonably still believe that the board had some legitimate cause, but every day that goes on where no such action comes to light is indicative of bad faith by the board (and I saw an article on HN today I think where the new CEO is threatening to quit if the board can’t provide the actual evidence and justification for their actions).

I feel this could easily be described as just the board acted in bad faith, Microsoft responded on the assumption it was operating in good faith, it discovered that they were not, and adjusted its position appropriately.

Positioning a change in position as more information comes to light as indicative of bad faith, when the originating action looks increasingly to be in bad faith, is absurd.

It will be a really tough one to interpret this as “bad faith” against microsoft when the same could be said about the board of openai and helen toners remark that it’s consistent with its mission to destroy the company she has a seat in. Almost all employees didn’t share the views of their board and switched without being actively poached to its competitor.

Exactly.