[dragonwriter]

> Altman holding talks with the company just a day after he was ousted indicates that OpenAI is in a state of free-fall without him.

OTOH, "sources close to Altman" saying that that is happening to the media just says that people close to Altman (quite likely acting as proxies for Altman) want it to be seen that way.

> Maybe a deal actually went through?

Or maybe he is expressing his positive feelings for the team in the hope of provoking some reciprocation from OpenAI workers to exert pressure on the board to make the thing his camp is saying is happening actually happen, or, if negotiations are actually happening, to make them more likely to be resolved in his favor.

[lostmsu]

It is curious that neither side seems interested to bring the matter to public, but Altman definitely is trying to take advantage of that.

[liuliu]

Several low profile OAI employees retweeted with ♥ (same as gdb) indicating the returning is done and through from my interpretation.

[dragonwriter]

I don't see how that clearly indicates that.

It works just as well as a public expression of support if conflict hasn't been resolved,

[peyton]

It’s over. He’s back.

[lostmsu]

Source?