Daniel Kokotajlo refused to sign OpenAI's non-disparagement agreement upon leaving the company in 2023, accepting millions of dollars in forgone equity in order to preserve his right to criticize the company, which led to a public scandal and policy change by OpenAI that eliminated non-disparagement clauses tied to equity clawback.
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“And also he had pretty recently made the national news for having, when he quit OpenAI, they told him he had to sign a non-disparagement agreement or they would claw back his stock options. And he refused, which they weren't prepared for.”
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AI 2027: month-by-month model of intelligence explosion — Scott Alexander & Daniel Kokotajlo— Dwarkesh PatelCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:03:29 AM
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