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There were some rumours that he was pushing the commercial side too fast, potentially ignoring ethical issues. Given Altmans lobbying against AI regulation in the EU I find that plausible.
Since now apparently the investors won it proves that the special structure of for-profit owned by non-profit intended to keep them honest does not work - and we urgently need to have regulation in place, as self-regulation does not work.
It's hard to tell from the outside - but at the beginning it mainly looked like pressure from the investors. I wouldn't be surprised if there'd been a lot of activity from them behind the scenes, and the "90% leaving" part wasn't really "standing up for Altman", but more "follow the money", with investors possibly pressuring employees in various ways.