Maybe combined with the biggest Kickstarter campaign of all time?<p>If they do nothing, they will not be able to compete if their talent goes to Microsoft.<p>I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist, but according to Microsoft statements they were blind-sighted by the firing of Sam Altman, but it could all have been Sam and Microsoft their intention to get him fired.<p>Satya Nadella:<p>> Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, together with colleagues, will be joining Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research team. We look forward to moving quickly to provide them with the resources needed for their success.<p>Zero mentions about AI safety there. It's about Sam, Greg, etc "their success", not about the success of humankind.