Wait so the story that he was hired by Microsoft wasn't real?!?!
Btw, I can now go to office and be absolutely confident because there's no way I can fuck up worse than these guys. Maybe if I delete the database of IRS, but my company is not involved in government's business at all....
The hiring was real. I think every step was real, but infused with separate fuck ups and miscommunication. This was a truly great story. PR students should write this down so they know what to not do.
I genuinely still do not understand why they fired him in the first place. Without consulting microsoft. Right after a huge conference about Microsoft’s commitment to AI.
Probably good old incompetence. Someone said something, someone else overheard it, misunderstood it, blew it out of proportion and that shitbubble eventually reached the board. There was also something about the chief scientist being part of the coup.