OpenAI gives some employees a ‘special’ multimillion-dollar bonus
					
						
						August 7, 2025
					
					
						
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					SkillMX Editorial Desk
									
				
				
				The day before the launch of GPT-5, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman surprised employees. He announced that OpenAI would give a "special one-time award" to researchers and software engineers.