#employee-poaching

#employee-poaching

AI labs just can't get their employees to stay put. Yesterday's big AI news was the abrupt and seemingly acrimonious departure of three top executives at Mira Murati's Thinking Machines lab. All three were quickly snapped up by OpenAI, and now it seems they won't be the last to leave. Alex Heath is reporting that two more employees are expected to leave for OpenAI in the next few weeks.

In August 2023, the Knicks filed a lawsuit against the Raptors, accusing the organization of illegally poaching Ikechukwu Azotam, a former Knicks staffer who served on their coaching and video coordination team from 2020 to 2023. According to the lawsuit, Azotam provided the Raptors with proprietary information about the Knicks' internal operations, including scouting reports, playbooks, and other sensitive materials related to the 2022-23 NBA season.